Amadou Sanneh

Career Sanneh is a trained accountant, who served as Accountant General of the Gambia for some time. He has also operated a private firm called A. A. Co. In June 2008, he testified as a witness in Kanifing Magistrates' Court, in a case involving a clerk accused of stealing money. In 2010, he worked as the auditor general for the National Agricultural Research Institute (NARI). Sanneh accepted full blame for an audit report released in March 2010, the contents of which was criticised by members of the National Assembly. For accepting responsibility, he was commended by the Speaker, but she also said some blame lay on the institution, not just the auditor, commenting "You cannot audit an account which is not given to you."

Political career Politically, he is a member of the United Democratic Party (UDP) and has served as their national treasurer. In 2006, Adama Barrow was appointed deputy treasurer to Sanneh.

In late 2013, Sanneh wrote a letter of support for Malang Fatty, who was intending to apply for asylum abroad. In the letter, Sanneh had alleged that Fatty was the recipient of death threats from government security forces and that the UDP was routinely persecuted by the Gambian government. On 19 September 2013, Fatty was arrested by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) at the Amdallai border post, attempting to leave the country. At the time of his arrest, Fatty was in possession of the letter written by Sanneh. The NIA also arrested Alhagie Sambou Fatty, Malang Fatty's brother, who had asked Sanneh to write the letter. Sanneh himself was arrested on 25 September 2013 by NIA agents. On 18 December 2013, all three were convicted of sedition by Justice Emmanuel Nkea and sentenced to up to five years imprisonment. Amnesty International was among the organisations condemning the conviction, and they released a statement saying "The sedition convictions against three opposition party members in Gambia must be quashed and the authorities must release them immediately and unconditionally."

Sanneh was released by the newly elected President of the Gambia, Adama Barrow, on 30 January 2017. On 1 February 2017, Sanneh was sworn-in as Barrow's Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs.

He was dismissed in a cabinet reshuffle on 15 March 2019, along with Vice President Ousainou Darboe and the Minister of Agriculture Lamin N. Dibba.