Omar Baru Sey Ne Oumar Barou Sy (2 February 1941[1] – 2 March 2018)[2][3][4] was a Gambian politician who served as the foreign minister of the Gambia from 1987 to 1994.
[5] He was dismissed from his post in 1994 following the 1994 overthrow of the government by Yahya Jammeh and the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council.
He married Khaddijatou Jallow, an aunt of the then wife of the President of the First Republic of The Gambia, Sir Dawda Jawara.
He was later convinced by his best friend and cousin Ousainou Njai the son of the most successful businessman the Gambia had ever had to enter into politics.
Ousainou Njai was then managing director of the Gambia Commercial and Development Bank and this is where most of his father's wealth was stored.