From 2008 to 2010, he was coordinator of the National Authorizing Office Support Unit for
EU-funded programmes and projects in the Gambia. He then became an advisor to president
Yahya Jammeh regarding
UNESCO. He was appointed
Minister of Foreign Affairs by Jammeh in June 2010. He held the role until April 2012, when he was appointed Minister for Fisheries, Water Resources and National Assembly Matters. Consequently, he was reappointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in August 2012, holding it until November when he was appointed Minister for Higher Education, Research, Science and Technology, in which he served until 2013. In 2013, Tangara was appointed Gambian Permanent Representative to the United Nations. He presented his credentials to
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on 13 September 2013. Tangara was reappointed to the role on 3 May 2017 by
Adama Barrow. == Personal life ==