Fatou Bensouda Politician

Fatou B. Bensouda (born 31 January 1961) is a Gambian lawyer, former government civil servant, international criminal law prosecutor and legal adviser. She has been the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor since June 2012, after having served as a Deputy Prosecutor in charge of the Prosecutions Division of the ICC since 2004. She has held positions of Legal Adviser and Trial Attorney at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR).

Personal facts

Fatou Bensouda
Birth dateJanuary 31, 1961
Birth place
The Gambia , Banjul
Education
Obafemi Awolowo University
International Maritime Law Institute
Nigerian Law School

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Office holder

deputy
James Kirkpatrick Stewart
office
Attorney General and Minister of Justice of the Gambia
Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
Deputy Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court
president
successor
James Kirkpatrick Stewart
Pap Cheyassin Secka

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External resources

  1. http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/structure%20of%20the%20court/office%20of%20the%20prosecutor/Pages/theprosecutor2012.aspx