Zeinab Jammeh

Zeinab Jammeh
First Lady of the Gambia
In role
1999  21 January 2017
PresidentYahya Jammeh
Preceded byTuti Faal
Succeeded byFatoumatta Bah-Barrow
Personal details
Born
Zeinab Suma

(1977-10-05) October 5, 1977
Rabat, Morocco
Political partyAlliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Spouse
(m. 1999)
Children2
EducationAmerican International University West Africa

Zainab Suma Jammeh (born October 5, 1977) is the former First Lady of the Gambia and the main wife of Yahya Jammeh, the former President of the Gambia. Zainab has two children, a daughter and a son, with Yahya Jammeh. In September 2019, the results of the Janneh Commission, a committee of inquiry set up by the Barrow government to investigate Jammeh's financial activities, were published. The report indicated that she has appropriated public funds from the Gambia amounting to 3.3 million Dalasi and 2 million US dollars through her foundation.