Julia Dolly Joiner (born November 11, 1956

Banjul Banjul (, (US) and ), officially the City of Banjul, is the capital city of The Gambia. It is the centre of the eponymous administrative division which is home to an estimated 400,000 residents, making it The Gambia's largest and most densely ...

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) is a Gambian

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. She is Commissioner of

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for the

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, based in

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. From September 1994 until June 1995, Joiner served as Deputy Permanent Secretary for Gambia's Ministry of Youth, Sport, and Culture for the Gambia, then acted as Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of External Affairs for the following year (June 1995 to November 1996). In December 1998, she was appointed Permanent Secretary to the Office of the President, then Head of the Gambian Civil Service in 1999. From January 1999 to December 1999, she also acted as Secretary to the Cabinet. In 2003, she was appointed Commissioner of Political Affairs for the African Union. In 2015, she was an election observer for the African Union in the

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presidential election.

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1956 births Gambian Creole people Gambian Christians African Union Commission members Living people People from Banjul 20th-century Gambian women politicians 20th-century Gambian politicians 21st-century Gambian women politicians 21st-century Gambian politicians {{Gambia-politician-stub