Mahawa Bangoura Camara (born 13 March 1927) is a Guinean diplomat and politician. She is the first woman to serve as Foreign Minister of Guinea.[1] She was Guinea's Ambassador to the United States, and its permanent representative at the United Nations.
Early life edit
Mahawa Bangoura Camara was born on 13 March 1927 in Conakry, Guinea.[2]
Career edit
Bangoura was appointed Guinea's Ambassador to the United States in 1995.[2]
Bangoura was Guinea's permanent representative at the United Nations until June 2000, when she became the country's first women foreign minister, succeeding Zainoul Abidine Sannoussi.[3][4][1] She was appointed by the President Lansana Conte during a reshuffle which saw five senior ministers being replaced.[3] Bangoura and the new security and interior minister Ahmadou Camara became secretaries of state, and senior status within the cabinet behind the Prime Minister, Lamine Sidime.[3]
In August 2001, she met with her Liberian and Sierra Leonean counterparts in Monrovia, Liberia to try to bring peace to the three countries of the Mano River Union (MRU).[5][6] Bangoura remained foreign minister until 2002.[2]
References edit
- ^ a b "BBC News - AFRICA - Guinean cabinet reshuffled". news.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Mahawa Bangoura Camara - WANMEC". www.toxipedia.org. Archived from the original on 4 September 2017. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ a b c "Top ministers sacked in Guinea reshuffle - IOL News". iol.co.za. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ B. Turner (28 December 2016). The Statesman's Yearbook 2000. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 759. ISBN 978-0-230-27128-9. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "West Africa: IRIN Focus on peace efforts by women in the Mano River countries". reliefweb.int. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
- ^ "IRIN Focus on peace efforts by women in the Mano River countries". irinnews.org. 14 August 2001. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
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