Mariama Camara


Mariama Camara was a Guinean politician and businesswoman. She was a former Minister of Agriculture, and Minister of Trade.

Professional career

With a degree in Food chemistry from Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry, Mariama Camara began her career at la Société nationale de brasserie and at the Ministère du Développement rural de Guinée in 1991, then joining the Société guinéenne de palmier à huile et d'hévéa at its creation. In 1993, she was appointed joint director general, and then director general of SOGUIPAH for 24 years.
Mariama Camara participated, in the Guinean governmental team, on the mobilisation of funds for agricultural and industrial investment, and accompanying measures with various financial partners helped to lead the FAO to mobilise funds to train refugees of the Liberian Civil War in Guinée forestière to farm and fish.

Minister

From 27 December 2017 to 15 January 2021, Mariama Camara was Minister of Agriculture of Guinea, then minister of Trade until the fall of Alpha Condé, 5 September 2021.
On 7 July 2023, she was convicted in absentia of destruction of private buildings and abuse of authority.
She was also a member of the National Economic and Social Council of Guinea.

Death

Camara died in Morocco on 13 January 2025, at the age of 66.

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