the prosecutor, a role that included drafting papers and policy, leading briefings, and acting as chief of staff for the prosecutor's immediate office. The prosecutor since 2003 has been former Gambian justice minister Hassan Bubacar Jallow. Tambadou left the court in 2016 after it closed. Minister of Justice Tambadou was announced as President of the Gambia Adama Barrow's choice for Minister of Justice and Attorney General. On 7 February 2017, he was sworn in at a ceremony at Kairaba Beach Hotel. Barrow praised him by saying "A justice system is very important in any society and if you have someone who is willing to work with the Gambian people and who is also good at it, therefore, the Gambia will surely have the best judicial system." Minister of Foreign Affairs Ousainou Darboe, a lawyer himself, said that Tambadou was "not new to the judicial system and very versatile in the area that he is assigned to overseen." The same day he held a meeting with all the staff at the Ministry of Justice. Personal life Tambadou can speak six languages: English, French, Wolof, Mandinka, Krio and Soninke. References 1972 births Living people 21st-century Gambian lawyers Alumni of the University of Warwick Alumni of SOAS University of London Government ministers of the Gambia