Mariama Camara is a
Guinea
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n politician and businesswoman. She is a former Minister Agriculture, and Minister of Trade,.
Professional career
With a degree in
Food chemistry from
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (in French ''L'Université Gamal Abdel Nasser de Conakry'', UGANC), is the largest university in Guinea and located in Dixinn Commune, Conakry, Guinea. The name is generally shortened to the University o ...
(IPGAN
), Mariama Camara began her career at the la Société nationale de brasserie and at the Ministère du Développement rural de Guinée in 1991, the joining the
Société guinéenne de palmier à huile et d'hévéa (SOGUIPAH) at its creation. In 1993, she was appointed joint director general, and then director general of SOGUIPAH for 24 years.
Mariame Camara participated, in the Guinean governmental team, on the mobilisation of funds for agricultural and industrial investment, and accompanying measures with various financial partners (
French Development Agency
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,
European Investment Bank
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,
African Development Bank
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, BADEA...) helped to lead the
FAO to mobilise funds to train refugees of the
Liberian Civil War in
Guinée forestière to farm and fish.
Minister
From December 27, 2017, to January 15, 2021, Mariama Camara was Minister of Agriculture of Guinea,
then minister of Trade until the fall of
Alpha Condé, September 5, 2021.
Mariama Camara was also a member of the Natiomal Economic and Social Council of Guinea.
Awards
* Recipient of the Medal of Honor of Labor
References
Living people
Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry alumni
21st-century Guinean politicians
Guinean women in politics
21st-century Guinean women politicians
Agriculture ministers of Guinea
Trade ministers of Guinea
Women government ministers of Guinea
Year of birth missing (living people)
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