H.E. Susan Waffa-Ogoo Ambassador to the UN

Susan Waffa-Ogoo was appointed Ambassador to the United Nations on August 25, 2008.

Prior to her appointment, she held several key positions at Gambia’s Cabinet of Ministers, serving as a Minister for Trade, Industry and Employment (2006-2007); Minister for Tourism and Culture (2004-2006); Minister for Fisheries, Natural Resources and the Environment (2000-2004); Minister for Tourism and Culture (1995-2000); and Minister of Information and Tourism (1994-1995). Before that, she worked as a Deputy Librarian at Gambia’s College of Higher Education (1987-1994). In 1987, she also contracted to serve the Africana Section at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London.