Ousainou Darboe

Ousainou Darboe
Darboe in 2019
9th Vice-President of the Gambia
In office 29 June 2018 – 15 March 2019
President	Adama Barrow
Preceded by	Fatoumata Tambajang
Succeeded by	Isatou Touray
Minister of Women's Affairs
In office 29 June 2018 – 15 March 2019
President	Adama Barrow
Preceded by	Fatoumata Tambajang
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 February 2017 – 29 June 2018
President	Adama Barrow
Preceded by	Neneh MacDouall-Gaye
Succeeded by	Mamadou Tangara
Leader of the United Democratic Party
Incumbent
Assumed office August 1996
Personal details
Born	(1948-08-08) 8 August 1948 (age 76) Gambia Protectorate
Political party	United Democratic Party
Alma mater	University of Lagos University of Ottawa

Ousainou Darboe (born 8 August 1948) is a Gambian politician and leader of the main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP).^[1] He previously served as Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs from June 2018 to March 2019, under President Adama Barrow. He also served as President Barrow's Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018.

Darboe is a human rights lawyer, and worked for the Attorney General's Chambers before entering private practice. He has served as advisor to several companies and government agencies, and was also for a time the vice president of the Gambia Bar Association. He founded the United Democratic Party (UDP) in 1996 and stood in presidential elections the same year, 2001, 2006, and 2021 presidential elections. He was imprisoned in 2016, but released after Barrow's victory.