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Fatoumatta Jahumpa Ceesay (born 25 October 1957) is a Gambian politician, diplomat, and journalist she is also the daughter of Garba Jahumpa, the first indigenous mayor of Banjul. In January 2007, she was nominated to join the National Assembly of the Gambia. The following month, she was nominated to the ECOWAS Parliament, where she assumed the role of Coordinator for the Economic Community Female Parliamentarians Association (ECOFEPA) and became the first woman appointed as the 4th Deputy Speaker. Later in 2007, President Jammeh appointed her Speaker of the National Assembly, a position she held until 2009. 

Jahumpa Ceesay founding member of the APRC since its inception in 1996. She was appointed as the party's General Secretary in May 2022, becoming the first woman to hold this position.

Jahumpa Ceesay is the founder of the Family Rights Advancement and Protection (FRAI) organization. An organization that focus on the rights and welfare of families. In April 2021, she donated a drilling machine worth D125,000 to the women of Farato Bojang Kunda to assist in their domestic work. She currently serves as the Gambia's Ambassador to South Africa and is the General Secretary of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC).