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
editMahawa Bangoura Camara was born on 13 March 1927 in Conakry, Guinea.[2]
Career
editBangoura 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.
