(1948-08-08) 8 August 1948 (age 75) Gambia Protectorate
Political party
United Democratic Party
Alma mater
University of Lagos University of Ottawa
Ousainou Darboe (born 8 August 1948) is a Gambian politician and leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP). He previously served as Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs from June 2018 to March 2019, under President Adama Barrow. He also served as President Barrow's Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018.
Darboe is a human rights lawyer, and worked for the Attorney General's Chambers before entering private practice. He has served as advisor to several companies and government agencies, and was also for a time the vice president of the Gambia Bar Association. He founded the United Democratic Party (UDP) in 1996 and stood in presidential elections the same year, 2001, 2006, and 2021 presidential elections. He was imprisoned in 2016, but released after Barrow's victory.
OusainouDarboe (born 8 August 1948) is a Gambian politician and leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP). He previously served as...
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Affairs and Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs were filled by OusainouDarboe and Amadou Sanneh, respectively. The Gambia's first female presidential...
Following the election, 19 opposition prisoners were released, including OusainouDarboe, the leader of Barrow's United Democratic Party (UDP). There was widespread...
Yahya Jammeh, in office since seizing power in a 1994 coup, faced OusainouDarboe of the United Democratic Party and Hamat Bah of the National Alliance...
APRC candidate, winning 56% of the vote and beating OusainouDarboe, Hamat Bah and Sidia Jatta. Darboe was forced to seek refuge in the Senegalese embassy...
Incumbent President Yahya Jammeh was re-elected with 67.3% of the vote. OusainouDarboe, who finished second with 27% of the vote, rejected the official results...
Touray became Vice-President of The Gambia, replacing her predecessor, OusainouDarboe in a major cabinet reshuffle. Touray was born at the Royal Victoria...
Barrow and UDP leader OusainouDarboe, who was then Vice-President. In a cabinet reshuffle on 15 February 2019, Barrow replaced Darboe and all UDP ministers;...
most votes in every district except Mansa Konko (where UDP candidate OusainouDarboe was the most voted-for). The elections were criticised as unfair due...
educator Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, former governor of Gombe State. OusainouDarboe, current Gambian minister of foreign affairs. Fola David, medical doctor...
Gambia sentenced main opposition leader and human rights advocate OusainouDarboe to 3 years in prison in July 2016, disqualifying him from running in...
Ba Tambadou, Main Opposition Party leader (UDP) & Senior Barrister OusainouDarboe, NRP leader Hamat Bah, former Agriculture minister Omar A. Jallow,...
Barrow appointed Tangara as Minister of Foreign Affairs, replacing OusainouDarboe who had been made Vice-President. "New Permanent Representative of...
sustainable development." In an interview with the BBC, UDP leader OusainouDarboe was quoted as saying that the coalition's objective was not simply...
broke away from the United Democratic Party, accusing the party leader OusainouDarboe of complacency. In 2005, the party joined the opposition National Alliance...
Convention Party, ran for President four times (1982, 1987, 1992 and 2001). OusainouDarboe, leader of the United Democratic Party, has run for President four...
in 2006 and endorsed the United Democratic Party's (UDP) candidate, OusainouDarboe, in the 2006 presidential election. Bah also contested Upper Saloum...
Centre-right Social conservatism 18 / 58 United Democratic Party UDP 1996 OusainouDarboe Centre to centre-left Social liberalism Constitutionalism Liberal democracy...
resulting crackdown by security forces, and Gambia's foreign minister, OusainouDarboe, had to issue a correction after saying that Gnassingbé should resign...
as deputy speaker, Billay Tunkara as majority leader and UDP leader OusainouDarboe as minority leader. The Speaker and Deputy Speaker may only be chosen...
Jammeh-like status quo and the [clarification needed] of UDP leader OusainouDarboe led to dissatisfaction among many Gambians. 3 Year Jotna became even...
became the head of the party in 2016 when the leader of the party, OusainouDarboe, was held in detention by the government. Secka was one of the opposition...
v t e Barrow Cabinet Cabinet members Adama Barrow OusainouDarboe Mamadou Tangara Mambury Njie Hamat Bah Badara Joof Claudiana Cole Isatou Touray Lamin...
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