Gambia’s foreign affairs minister Mamadou Tangara has tendered his resignation after being confirmed for a new role at the African Union, APA learnt on Thursday.
Tangara was the Minister for Foreign Affairs, International Cooperation and Gambians Abroad, since 2018, a year after Adama Barrow came to power.
A statement from State House in Banjul said President Barrow has accepted Tangara’s resignation and thanked him for his dedication and professional service
He is poised to take up a new job as the African Union Commission Special Representative of the Chairperson of the Commission in Mali and the Sahel and Head of MISAHEL Office in Bamako, Mali.
A bilingual English and French speaker, Tangara had spent more than a decade in the Gambian foreign service, serving as foreign minister under former President Yahya Jammeh.
He vied for and lost the election for the position of Secretary General of the mainly English-speaking Commonwealth organisation in February.
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