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Biography
Mariama Camara is a Guinean politician and businesswoman. She is a former Minister Agriculture, and Minister of Trade,.
Professional career
With a degree in Food chemistry from Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (IPGAN), Mariama Camara began her career at the la Société nationale de brasserie and at the Ministère du Développement rural de Guinée in 1991, the joining the Société guinéenne de palmier à huile et d'hévéa (SOGUIPAH) at its creation. In 1993, she was appointed joint director general, and then director general of SOGUIPAH for 24 years.
Mariame Camara participated, in the Guinean governmental team, on the mobilisation of funds for agricultural and industrial investment, and accompanying measures with various financial partners (French Development Agency, European Investment Bank, African Development Bank, BADEA...) 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 December 27, 2017, to January 15, 2021, Mariama Camara was Minister of Agriculture of Guinea, then minister of Trade until the fall of Alpha Condé, September 5, 2021.
Mariama Camara was also a member of the Natiomal Economic and Social Council of Guinea.
Awards
- Recipient of the Medal of Honor of Labor