MOUSA
G. BALA-GAYE
Minister of Finance & Economic Affairs
CURRICULUM VITAE
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NAME: Mousa G. Bala-Gaye DATE OF BIRTH: 13th August, 1946 |
| EDUCATION: | Muhammedan Primary School |
| St. Augustine's Secondary School | |
| Gambia High
School - Sixth Form |
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| ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS: | B.A.
(Combined Honours) (Legon University, Ghana 1967-1970) |
| Post
Graduate Diploma in Advanced Studies in Development Administration (Manchester University, 1976-1977) |
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| IMF
Institute Public Finance Course (June / September, 1977) |
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| WORK EXPERIENCE: | September,
1970 / October, 1971 - Graduate Master, Armitage High School |
| October,
1971 - Graduate Executive Officer |
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| October
/ November, 1971 - Establishment office |
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| November,
1971 / May, 1973 - Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Works &
Communications |
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| June
/ October, 1973 - Secretary Public Service Commission |
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| October
/ November, 1973 - Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Local Government
& Lands |
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| November,
1973 / June, 1976 - Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Finance &
Trade |
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| July,
1976 / February, 1979 - Senior Assistant Secretary, Ministry of
Finance & Trade |
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| March
1979 / June, 1980 - Under Secretary, Ministry of Finance &
Trade |
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| July,
1980 / May, 1982 – Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of
Finance & Trade |
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| May,
1982 / June, 1986 - Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance &
Trade |
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| July, 1986 / June, 1989 - Executive
Director, African Development Bank, Abidjan, Cote D'Ivoire |
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| August, 1989 / March, 1990 - Permanent
Secretary, Office of the President |
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| September, 1990 - Managing Director,
HERON LIMITED, Project Cycle Development Consultancy; Investment Advisory
Service; Foreign Companies Representation and Trading. |
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| November, 1993 - Chairman / Managing
Director, Afri-Swiss Travels Limited, IATA Accredited Travel Agency
- for airtickets and cargo sales. |
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| July, 1999 - Vice Chairman, First
International Bank Limited |
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| February, 2000 - Alternate Director,
Senegambia Beach Hotel |
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| December, 2000 - Vice Chairman,
International Trust Insurance Company Limited.
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| March, 2002 - Acting Chairman, First
International Bank Limited |
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| September 25th, 2003 - Appointed
as Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs |
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October 24th 2005 - Appointed Secretary
of State for Trade, Industry and Employment |
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November 14th 2005 - re-assigned Secretary of State for Finance and Economic Affairs
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| - Served as Director (1982-1986) in the
Boards of Directors of the Central Bank of The Gambia, Gambia Produce
Marketing Board, Gambia Produce Marketing Company (London), Social
Security and Housing Finance Corporation, National Investment Board,
and The Gambia National Insurance Corporation. |
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| - Represented Gambia Government at many
International Conferences and meetings, Bilateral and Multilateral
Negotiations, Loans and Programmes Negotiations with, IMF, World Bank,
African Development Bank, Islamic Development Bank, OPEC Fund, the
Arab Funds etc. |
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| - Between 1979 - 1986 served as Alternative
Governor in the African Development Bank, the Islamic Development
Bank and the World Bank, and attended the annual meetings of these
Organisations, and the Commonwealth Finance Ministers Meetings during
the period. |