Isatou Njie-Saidy : Ask Biography

Isatou Njie-Saidy in 2006

Personal data

Date of birth

05 March 1952(age 64)

Place of birth

Kuntaya, North Bank Division, Gambia

Political party

APRC

Vice President of the Gambia

Assumed office

20 March 1997

President

Yahya Jammeh

Secretary of State for Women's Affairs

Assumed office

20 March 1997

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Isatou Njie-Saidy (also spelt Aisatu N'Jie-Saidy) (born 5 March 1952) is a Gambian politician. She has been Vice President and Secretary of State for Women's Affairs of The Gambia since 20 March 1997 and is the first Gambian woman to hold the position of Vice President.

Njie-Saidy was born in Kuntaya, North Bank Division. From September 1983 to December 1989, she was Deputy Executive Secretary of the Women's Bureau, the executive decision-making body of the National Women's Council. Later, under President Yahya Jammeh, she became Minister of Health, Social Welfare and Women's Affairs in July 1996, and then Vice President and Secretary of State for Health, Social Welfare and Women's Affairs on 20 March 1997.

She has spoken and written extensively about women's issues in The Gambia.

She obtained an M.Sc Economics (in Social and Economic Development) at the University of Swansea.

She is married with four children.