Abdoulie Momodou Sallah
Secretary General and Head of The Civil Service


CURRICULUM VITAE

 

NAME:

Abdoulie Momodou Sallah

DATE OF BIRTH:

24th August, 1944

PLACE OF BIRTH:

Sambang Niamina

ADDRESS:

Dankunku, McCarthy Island Division
(Now Central River Region) Republic of The Gambia


EDUCATIONAL AND
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Dankunku Primary School : 1953-57.


Methodist Boy's High School: 1958-59.


Gambia High School : 1959-65.


University of Ibadan, Nigeria: 1965-69. BA (Hons) French.


Management Services Course July-Sept. 1973 Royal Institute of Public Administration, U.K.


Staff Training Officer Course, February - March 1976, International Training Institute, Mosmon, Sydney, Australia.


General Management course, Henley, U.K., November - December 1990.

 

3 months (October to December 2002 Law Course) at Holborn College, Wooldridge Road, London.

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Assistant Divisional Commissioner 1969 -70 Western Division (Now Western Region).

Assistant Commissioner McCarthy Island Division 1970 - 1971.

Divisional Commissioner: April - July 1971 North Bank Division.(Now North Bank Region).

Secretary, Public Service Commission: 1971 -1973.

Secretary, Training & Recruitment: 1973 -76.

Clerk of the House of Representatives and Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet: 1976 -78.

Under Secretary, Ministry of Education Youth Sports & Culture: 1978 – 1979.

Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet: 1979- 82.

Secretary to the Cabinet, 1982-84.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education. Youth Sports & Culture: 1984-87.

Secretary to the Cabinet: 1987-91.

Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Defence: July 1991-June 1992.

Secretary to the Cabinet: June 1992- January 1995.

High Commissioner/Ambassador to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Guinea and Cote D'Ivoire : February 1995-June 1997.

Ambassador/Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the United Nations: September 1997-March 1998.

President of the U.N. Security Council during the month of March 1998.

High Commissioner/Ambassador to Sierra Lone, Liberia, Guinea and Cote D'Ivoire: May 1998-February 1999.

Secretary of State for Health and Social Welfare 31st December 1999 - 10th April 2001.

Secretary of State for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology –13th September 2007-18th March 2008.

Secretary to the Cabinet 19th March 2008.

Secretary General and Head of the Civil Service 27th May 2009.