Makalé Camara

Hadja Makalé Camara (born 1956) is a Guinean lawyer, diplomat and politician who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guinea from 4 January 2016 to 2017.

Early life and education Camara was born in Mamou in 1956. She graduated from the Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry with a master's degree in Labour law in 1980. She was a Humphrey Fellow. From 1997 to 2000 she chaired the Board of Directors of the National Office for Employment and Manpower, and during the war in Liberia and Sierra Leone she was Secretary General of Réseau des Femmes Africaines Ministres et Parlementaires (REFAMP) in Guinea. and was Guinea's representative to UNESCO, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie and IBE.

Camara was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Alpha Condé on 4 January 2016. She is a member of the national steering committee for the "Fight against Genital Mutilation".

Awards and honours Camara was made a member of the National Order of Merit in July 2008.