Amadou Sanneh is a Gambian accountant and politician who was[1] Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs in President Barrow's cabinet from 1 February 2017 to 15 March 2019.
A former national treasurer of the United Democratic Party, Sanneh was sentenced to five years imprisonment in December 2013 for his role in supporting an asylum application.
In June 2008, he testified as a witness in Kanifing Magistrates' Court, in a case involving a clerk accused of stealing money.
Sanneh accepted full blame for an audit report released in March 2010, the contents of which was criticised by members of the National Assembly.
On 19 September 2013, Fatty was arrested by the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) at the Amdallai border post, attempting to leave the country.
In 2002, she lost her job due to her association to the UDP through her husband, following the court case Haddijatou Sanneh vs Gambia International Airline Civil Suit No.