Fafa Sanyang is a Gambian politician and former civil servant who served as Minister of Energy and Petroleum in

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from 2017 until a reshuffle in 2022.

Early life and education

Sanyang was born in Kwinella and studied a

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at the

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in 1989. He went on to obtain a

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in marine management from

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, Canada, in 1997 and a further master's degree in

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from

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in the

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. He is a fellow of the Geological Society of London and a member of the Geological Society of Africa.

Political and professional career

Sanyang was Director of the Geological Department of the Ministry of Petroleum from 1993 to 2006. He then became Commissioner for Petroleum in the ministry in 2006. He then became Permanent Secretary in the ministry in 2015. He was detained on 18 June 2016, along with three other senior civil servants. He was later released on bail but shortly into the bail was re-arrested by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and held in their custody. As he was not in court when the trial commenced on 28 September, it was suspended until 6 October so that he could be in court. Sanyang was appointed as Minister of Energy and Petroleum on 10 April 2017. In late April, Sanyang oversaw the signing of a deal between the National Water and Electricity Company (NAWEC) and the Sino-hydro Corporation Company worth $165 million.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanyang, Fafa Living people Alumni of the University of Leeds Government ministers of the Gambia Dalhousie University alumni Fellows of the Geological Society of London Year of birth missing (living people)