Omar Sey

Omar Baru Sey (born 1941 in Mali) is a Gambian politician. He was the foreign minister of the Gambia from 1987-1994.^[1] He was dismissed from his post in 1994 following the 1994 overthrow of the government by Yahya Jammeh and the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council. He was one of the ministers who was not found corrupt by the Commission of Enquiry by the Jammeh Regime.

Omar Sey is one of the most educated and well respected Diplomatic Ministers Gambia ever had. He is originally of Malian Decent and along with the Family of Alhaji Momodou Musa Njai had migrated to Gambia. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with A P.H.D degree in Political Science and continued to be one of the First African Lecturers in that University. He married to Khaddijatou Jallow, an aunty of the then wife of the First President of the First Republic of The Gambia. Whilst in the states he had four Children, Amadou, Ousainou, Momodou Musa and Isha Sey with his wife.

Upon return to the Gambia he was offered the position of Director of Youths Sports and Culture.He also worked with F.I.F.A, C.A.F and worked side by side with Issa Hayatou the Current C.A.F president as his assistant. He later was convinced by His best friend and cousin Ousainou Njai the son of the most successful businessman Gambia had ever had to enter into politics. Ousainou Njai was the then Managing Director of the Gambia Commercial and Development Bank and this is where most of his father's wealth was stored.

As a result Omar Sey entered Politics and became Minister in 1987. After 1994 Omar Sey continued his work with the F.I.F.A and did various consultancy jobs for the United Nations such as being Head of the U.N.A.M.S.I.L etc. He also worked in Quwait and Qatar on behalf of the U.N. He now currently lives between the states where his children live and the Gambia. He still remains Political Adviser to F.I.F.A and to U.N.

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