Momodou Alieu Bah is a former Gambian senior army officer, who served as

Yahya Jammeh Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former military officer who was the leader of The Gambia from 1994 to 2017, firstly as chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 199 ...

's last

Minister of the Interior An interior minister (sometimes called a minister of internal affairs or minister of home affairs) is a cabinet official position that is responsible for internal affairs, such as public security, civil registration and identification, emergency ...

. Bah served as Minister of the Interior from 19 September 2016 to 18 January 2017, when he resigned as a result of the

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Military and political career

Bah has been a senior general in the Gambian Army. In 2006, he was arrested for taking part in an alleged coup attempt against President

, and sentenced to 25 years. He was pardoned in 2009 following testimony he gave for the prosecution at the trial of Lang Tombong Tamba. He was reinstated into the Gambian Armed Forces, where he became Director of Finance. In September 2016, Bah replaced

Ousman Sonko Ousman Sonko (born 9 January 1969) is a former Gambian politician. He served as Interior Minister between 2006 and 2016 under the Gambian dictator Yahya Jammeh. During this period he is suspected of taking part in acts of torture, including in de ...

as Minister of the Interior but resigned in January 2017 when Jammeh's term as President drew to a close. On 27 January, it was revealed that Bah had been re-appointed as Director of Finance, but he was later removed from the Armed Forces by President

Adama Barrow Adama Barrow ( ff, 𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮, Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017. Born in Mankamang Kunda, a village ...

on 27 February 2017. Bah was relieved of his position as 1st Deputy Party Leader of the ARPC in June 2018; his successor in this position is

Ousman Rambo Jatta Ousman Rambo Jatta (born 13 June 1969), known as Rambo, is a Gambian politician. He is currently a councillor in Old Bakau and deputy leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC). Political career Jatta was a memb ...

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