Omar Touray is a renowned Gambian diplomat, who was President of the Economic Community of West  African States (ECOWAS) from 2022 to 2026. Previously, he worked as a specialist for the Islamic De velopment Bank (IDB) from 2012 to 2022. Omar Touray has a long career in representing his country, as  he was Ambassador and Permanent Representative of The Gambia to the African Union from Ethiopia,  Kenya, and South Africa from 2002 to 2007, and later in 2007, to the United Nations in New York. In  2008, he joined the Gambian Government as minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.