Ousainou Darboe (born 8 August 1948) is a Gambian politician and lawyer who has served as Vice-President of the Gambia and Minister of Women's Affairs since June 2018, under President Adama Barrow.
Darboe formerly served as Barrow's Minister of Foreign Affairs from February 2017 to June 2018.
Darboe is a human rights lawyer, and worked for the Attorney General's Chambers before entering private practice.
He has served as advisor to several companies and government agencies, and was also for a time the vice president of the Gambia Bar Association.
He founded the United Democratic Party (UDP) in 1996.
It was the main opposition party under the rule of Yahya Jammeh, and Darboe himself stood in the 1996, 2001, and 2006 presidential elections.
He was imprisoned in 2016, but released after Barrow's victory.