Mariama Camara

Mariama Camara (1958 or 1959 – 13 January 2025) was a Guinean politician and businesswoman.

[2][3] With a degree in Food chemistry from Gamal Abdel Nasser University of Conakry (IPGAN[2]), 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 (SOGUIPAH) at its creation.

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 (French Development Agency, European Investment Bank, African Development Bank, BADEA...)[4] helped to lead the FAO to mobilise funds to train refugees of the Liberian Civil War in Guinée forestière to farm and fish.

On 7 July 2023, she was convicted in absentia of destruction of private buildings and abuse of authority.

[7] She was also a member of the National Economic and Social Council of Guinea.