Zainab Suma Jammeh (born ) is the former

First Lady of the Gambia The First Lady of the Gambia is the official title of the wife of the President of the Gambia, President or List of heads of state of the Gambia, Head of State of The Gambia. Since January 19, 2017, Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow has been First Lady. Sin ...

and the main wife of

Yahya Jammeh Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 May 1965) is a Gambian politician and former soldier, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council (AFPRC) from 1994 ...

, the former

President of the Gambia The president of the Republic of the Gambia is the head of state and head of government of the Gambia. The president leads the Executive (government), executive branch of the Politics of the Gambia, government of the Gambia and is the comma ...

. Zainab has two children, a daughter and a son, with

. 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.

Early life

Zeinab Suma (or Soumah) was born to

Alhaji Hajji (; sometimes spelled Hajjeh, Hadji, Haji, Alhaji, Al-Hadj, Al-Haj or El-Hajj) is an honorific title which is given to a Muslim who has successfully completed the Hajj to Mecca. Etymology ''Hajji'' is derived from the Arabic ' (), which i ...

Ibrahima and Rhimou El Hassady Soumah in Morocco.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jammeh, Zeinab Living people 1977 births First ladies of the Gambia Gambian people of Guinean descent Moroccan emigrants to the Gambia People from Rabat