Serign Modou Njie

Marie-Édith Tassyla-Ye-Doumbeneny
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office
14 July 2025
PresidentAdama Barrow
Preceded byMamadou Tangara
Personal details
Born (1970-04-14) 14 April 1970
Medina Sergne Mass, Lower Niumi, North Bank Region
PartyIndependent

Serign Modou Njie MRG, sometimes also spelled Serigne Modou Njie, (born 14 April 1970) is a Gambian general, diplomat and politician.[1]

Life

Effective 11 March 2010, Brigadier General Serign Modou Njie was appointed Chief of Staff of the Army by President Yahya Jammeh.[2][3][4]

Njie was appointed by President Adama Barrow in mid-2021 as the fifth Gambian ambassador to Turkey, replacing Landing Kinteh. Prior to his appointment as ambassador, Njie was deputy ambassador to Turkey. On 23 June 2021, he presented his credentials to Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.[5]

With the formation of the new cabinet on 4 May 2022, Barrow appointed Njie as Minister of Defence, replacing Sheikh Omar Fye.[6] After the previous Foreign Minister, Mamadou Tangara, resigned from his post on 3 July 2025, Njie was appointed by Barrow as the new Foreign Minister of The Gambia on 9 July 2025. Vice President Muhammed B.S. Jallow was given responsibility for overseeing the Ministry of Defence.[7]

Honors and awards

  • 2009: Member of the Order of the Republic of The Gambia (MRG)[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Lebenslauf" (PDF). gov.gm. Retrieved 2024-12-30.
  2. ↑ "Serign Modou Njie is new Chief of Army Staff – The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  3. ↑ "State Guard Commander redeployed - The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  4. ↑ "Bombshell At Gambia National Army - The Point". thepoint.gm. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  5. ↑ "Gambian Ambassador To Turkey Serign Modou Njie Meets Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan To Present His Letters Of Credence – The Fatu Network". fatunetwork.net. 2021. Retrieved 2022-05-12.
  6. ↑ "President Barrow appoints new cabinet". grts.gm. Retrieved 2022-05-09.
  7. ↑ "President Barrow Reassigns Sering Modou Njie As New Foreign Minister – The Fatu Network". fatunetwork.net. 2025. Retrieved 2025-07-09.
  8. ↑ "Jammeh decorates over 190 personalities". The Daily Observer. 2009-05-04. Retrieved 2016-02-02.
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