Yusupha Alieu Kah has been appointed as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations Office and other International Organisations in Geneva, official sources said.
This is the first time Gambia is having an embassy in Geneva.
Geneva is very strategic place for multilateral diplomacy and Mr Kah as a very experienced and respected civil servant and economist is expected to champion The Gambia’s interest there.
He had worked in the Ministry of Economic Planning as Director of Policy Analysis Unit; Presidents Office and PS Finance in the first and second republics, etc.
He had also been Minister of Economic Planning and Industrial Development, and Trade, Industry and Employment. He was also the Gambian ambassador to Brussels and France.
Source: Point newspaper
