Zeinab Jammeh

{{Short description|First Lady of The Gambia}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Zeinab Jammeh

|image = Yahya Jammeh with Obamas 2014 (cropped Zineb Jammeh ).jpg

|office = First Lady of the Gambia

|president = Yahya Jammeh

|term_start = 1999

|term_end = 21 January 2017

|term_label = In role

|predecessor = Tuti Faal

|successor = Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow

|signature =

|party = Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

|birth_name = Zeinab Suma

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|10|5}}

|birth_place =Rabat, Morocco{{cite web|last1=Kujabi|first1=Bakary|title=Gambia: First Lady Admitted At A Washington Hospital - As She Expects A New Baby|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200711210269.html|website=Freedom Newspaper (Raleigh, North Carolina)|access-date=18 January 2017|date=21 November 2007}}

|death_date =

|death_place =

|spouse = {{marriage|Yahya Jammeh|1999}}

|children = 2

|residence =

|education = American International University West Africa

}}

Zainab Suma Jammeh (born {{birth date|1977|10|05}}) 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.{{cite web|last1=Colley|first1=Ibrahim JT Brown & Ebrima|title=Gambia: First Lady's Father Dies|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/200204170326.html|website=The Daily Observer (Banjul)|access-date=18 January 2017|date=17 April 2002}}{{cite web|title=Yahya Jammeh Wife: Who Is Married To The Gambian President|url=http://www.morningledger.com/yahya-jammeh-wife-gambian-president/13129506/|website=Morning Ledger|access-date=18 January 2017|date=16 December 2016}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.thegambiatimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Commission-of-Inquiry-into-Financial-Activities-of-Public-Bodies-Enterprises-and-Offices-as-Regards-their-Dealings-with-Former-President-Yahya-A.J.J.-Jammeh-and-Connected-Matters%E2%80%94Volume-9.pdf|title=The Commission of Inquiry|access-date=23 March 2023|website=thegambiatimes.com}}

Early life

Zeinab Suma (or Soumah) was born to Alhaji Ibrahima and Rhimou El Hassady Soumah in Morocco.{{cite web|title=Gambia: More Condolence Messages for the First Family|url=http://allafrica.com/stories/201112131281.html|website=The Daily Observer (Banjul)|access-date=18 January 2017|date=13 December 2011}}

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