Heads of state of the Gambia - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Heads of State of The Gambia (1965-Present)

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Notes
The Dominion of The Gambia The Gambia The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
18 February 1965 to 24 April 1970		Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom Elizabeth II is the constitutional monarch of 16 sovereign states known as the Commonwealth realms: the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize,... represented by:-
18 February 1965 to 9 February 1966		Sir John Warburton Paul John Warburton Paul Sir John Warburton Paul, GCMG, OBE, MC was a British government official, best known as a prolific administrator for 20 years of various British overseas territories around the world... , Governor-General
9 February 1966 to 24 April 1970		Sir Farimang Mamadi Singateh Farimang Mamadi Singateh Alhaji Sir Farimang Mamadi Singateh was the second and last Governor General of The Gambia, representing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Succeeding Sir John Warburton Paul, who had previously been Governor before independence, Sir Farimang was the only Gambian citizen to hold that post,... , Governor-General
Tenure	Portrait	Incumbent	Affiliation	Notes
Republic of The Gambia The Gambia The Republic of The Gambia, commonly referred to as The Gambia, or Gambia , is a country in West Africa. Gambia is the smallest country on mainland Africa, surrounded by Senegal except for a short coastline on the Atlantic Ocean in the west....
24 April 1970 to 22 July 1994		Sir David Dawda Kairaba Jawara Dawda Jawara Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, GCMG was the first leader of The Gambia, serving first as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970 and then as President from 1970 to 1994.... , President	PPP	Deposed in a coup d'etat
30 July 1981 to 5 August 1981		Kukoi Samba Sanyang, Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council	Mil	In rebellion
22 July 1994 to 28 September 1996		Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Yahya Jammeh Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the President of The Gambia... , Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council gained control of Gambia in July 1994, in a military coup d'état. The AFPRC deposed the Dawda Jawara government and banned opposition political activity. Lieutenant Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, chairman of the AFPRC, became head of state...	Mil
28 September 1996 to 18 October 1996		Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Yahya Jammeh Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the President of The Gambia... , Head of State	Mil
18 October 1996 to Present		Yahya Abdul-Azziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh Yahya Jammeh Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the President of The Gambia... , President	APRC

Affiliations

PPP - People's Progressive Party
APRC - Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction
The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction is a political party in The Gambia, founded by army officers who staged a coup in 1994. It was formed in 1996 to support army leader Yahya Jammeh's campaign for the 1996 elections....
Mil - Military of the Gambia
Military of the Gambia
The Gambian National Army numbers about 2,500. A new batch of 620 recruits have recently joined. Recruits receive training from the Turkish-Gambian Training Team....

Latest election

Summary of the 24 November 2011 presidential election results

Gambian presidential election, 2011

Presidential elections were held in the Gambia on 24 November 2011. The incumbent Yahya Jammeh faced Ousainou Darboe of the United Democratic Party and Hamat Bah of the National Alliance for Democracy and Development.Voting took place using marbles dropped into coloured bins each containing a...

Yahya Jammeh

Alhaji Dr. Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is the President of The Gambia...

(incumbent)
|align="left"| Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction

The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction is a political party in The Gambia, founded by army officers who staged a coup in 1994. It was formed in 1996 to support army leader Yahya Jammeh's campaign for the 1996 elections....

Ousainou Darboe

Ousainou Darboe is a Gambian human rights lawyer and politician. He is leader of the country's main opposition party, the United Democratic Party ....

|align="left"| United Democratic Party

United Democratic Party (The Gambia)

The United Democratic Party is a conservative political party in The Gambia, affiliated to the International Democratic Union, founded in 1996 by the human rights lawyer Ousainou Darboe...

(UDP)
|align="right"| 114,177
|align="right"| 17
|-
|align="left"| Hamat Bah

Hamat Bah

Hamat Bah is a Gambian politician and leader of the National Reconciliation Party . Running as his party's presidential candidate in 2001, he placed third, winning 7.8% of the vote...

|align="left"| United Front (coalition)
|align="right"| 73,060
|align="right"| 11
|-
|align="left" colspan="2"| Total
|align="right"|657,787
|align="right"|100.0
|}

Sources

http://www.rulers.org/rulg1.html#gambia
http://www.terra.es/personal2/monolith/gambia.htm
Guinness Book of Kings, Rulers & Statesmen, Clive Carpenter, Guinness Superlatives Ltd

African States and Rulers, John Stewart, McFarland

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Heads of State of The Gambia (1965-Present)

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Latest election

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