Zeinab Camara
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| constituency= Boffa Prefecture
| office = Deputy in the National Assembly (Guinea){{Cite web|url=https://www.assembleeguinee.org/node/314|website=assembleeguinee.org|title= ASSEMBLÉE NATIONALE DE GUINÉE|access-date=28 October 2021|language=fr}}
| predecessor = Mohamed Sankoun Soumah
| party = Rally of the Guinean People
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| birth_date = January 27, 1981
| birth_place = Guinea
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| known_for = politics, football
| education = De Montfort University, Leicester University
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| occupation = Politician
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| nationality = Guinea
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Zeinab Camara (born January 27, 1981) is a Guinean politician. She was the first woman to lead a football club in Guinea.
Life
Camara was born in Guinea. She moved to Leicester to study; first International Relations at De Montfort University and then at nearby Leicester University where she studied Strategic Public Management. She returned to Guinea where she worked for Rio Tinto Simandou working with government ministers. In 2014 she was an Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow.{{Cite web|url=https://alinstitute.org/17-about-fellows/195-zeinab-camara|title=Zeinab Camara|website=alinstitute.org|access-date=2020-02-04}}
Camara became the Head of Cabinet of the Guinean Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. She was appointed by the President Alpha Conde despite her being young.{{Cite web|url=https://lejedevboffa.org/2018/09/13/discours-de-bienvenue-de-la-presidente-du-conseil-dadministration/|title=FORUM: discours de bienvenue de la Présidente du Conseil d’Administration du LEJEDEV – Lejedev|last=admin|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-02-04}}
She was interested in football and she saw it as a vehicle for directing the interests of local youths. She became the president of the Fatala Football Club in Boffa and she became the first woman to lead a football club in Guinea.{{Cite web|url=https://objectif224.com/2019/08/16/fatala-fc-zeinab-camara-desormais-1ere-presidente-dun-club-de-football-en-guinee/|title=Fatala FC: Zeinab Camara, now 1st president of a football club in Guinea|last=|first=|date=|website=OBJECTIF224|access-date=}} The club tries to address truancy from many schools by opening an Ortega football academy where school attendance is mandatory. The club is in the second national division,{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/afrique/region-49168070|title=Connaissez-vous la femme qui veut développer le football guinéen?|last=Coste|first=Myriam Lahouari, Emmanuel|date=2019-08-15|work=BBC News Afrique|access-date=2020-02-04|language=fr}} but it was in 2014 in the third.{{Cite web|url=https://www.foot224.co/2014/08/12/ligue-2-tabounssou-et-fatala-relegues-en-d3/|title=Ligue 2 : Tabounssou et Fatala relégués en D3|date=2014-08-12|website=Foot224 - Actualité Sport Guinée|language=fr-FR|access-date=2020-02-04}}
Camara has stood for election for Boffa for the ruling party in February 2020, based on her work in government and her work in football. In 2020 there was a rally at the stadium in Koba.{{Cite web|url=https://www.africaguinee.com/articles/2020/02/03/legislatives-2020-zeinab-camara-accueillie-en-heroine-koba|title=Législatives 2020: Zeinab Camara accueillie en héroïne à Koba|date=2020-02-03|website=Africaguinee.com - Site officiel d'informations sur la Guinée et l'Afrique|language=fr|access-date=2020-02-04}}
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Category:Guinean women in politics
Category:Alumni of De Montfort University