Isatou Touray

Isatou Touray
Touray in 2017
10th Vice-President of the Gambia
In office 15 March 2019 – 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 – 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 – 9 July 2018
President	Adama Barrow
Preceded by	Abdoulie Jobe
Succeeded by	Amadou Sanneh
Personal details
Born	(1955-03-17) 17 March 1955 (age 69) Banjul, the Gambia
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]