Isatou Touray | |
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![]() Touray in 2017 | |
10th Vice-President of the Gambia | |
In office 15 March 2019 โ 4 May 2022 | |
President | Adama Barrow |
Preceded by | Ousainou Darboe |
Succeeded by | Badara Joof |
Minister of Health and Social Welfare | |
In office 9 July 2018 โ 27 March 2019 | |
President | Adama Barrow |
Preceded by | Saffie Lowe Ceesay |
Succeeded by | Ahmadou Lamin Samateh |
Minister of Trade, Industry, Regional Integration and Employment | |
In office 1 February 2017 โ 9 July 2018 | |
President | Adama Barrow |
Preceded by | Abdoulie Jobe |
Succeeded by | Amadou Sanneh |
Personal details | |
Born | Banjul, the Gambia | 17 March 1955
Political party | Independent |
Other political affiliations | Coalition 2016 |
Alma mater | Usmanu Danfodiyo University International Institute of Social Studies Institute of Development Studies |
Isatou Touray (born 17 March 1955) is a Gambian politician, activist, and social reformer. A noted campaigner against female genital mutilation (FGM), she became the first female Gambian presidential candidate in 2016, before dropping out to endorse Adama Barrow and Coalition 2016. She then served in Barrow's cabinet, as trade minister, and then as health minister. On 15 March 2019, Touray became Vice-President of The Gambia, replacing her predecessor, Ousainou Darboe in a major cabinet reshuffle.[1]