Abdoulie Conteh

Abdoulie Conteh (write variant: Abdoulai Conteh , even Lai or Lie Conteh ) is Gambian politician and was Mayor of Kanifing ( English Lord Mayor of the kanifing Council ).

Life

Conteh, a former Army major and later Lt. Col. retired, was in 1994 after the coup of President Yahya Jammeh (as appointed chairman of the local council English kanifing Council (KMC) ) of the community Kanifing used. In 2000, opposition politicians criticized the fact that Conteh was exercising his office unconstitutionally, despite great popular support, such as the appointed mayor of Banjul Samba Faal .

In September 2000, Conteh was suspended surprisingly indefinitely in office, after a short statement this step (with differences with the minister of local government English Secretary of state for Local Government ) Momodou Nai Ceesay founded. The duties of office were transferred to the former police chief and commissioner of the Western Division , Famara RI Jammeh . Conteh was reinstated as chairman of the local council less than three days after his suspension, probably due to numerous requests from the population.

For the local elections on April 25, 2002 ( English Local Government Elections ) Conteh was nominated as a candidate for mayor ( English Mayor ) of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC). The APRC youth organization criticized the nomination. Since no opposing candidate was nominated, Conteh won the local election unanimously and was mayor until 2006.

In connection with the failed coup of March 21, 2006, Conteh was temporarily detained; a month earlier he was released from the office of mayor of Jammeh. Francis Gomez took over the official business on his behalf.

A lawsuit against him for misappropriating public funds during his tenure as mayor was withdrawn in March 2010 after paying around 50,000 dalasi . Around 2016 he lived outside the Gambia and explained his willingness to take over the mayor's office in Kanifing again.

family

Conteh comes from an important Gambian family. He is the son of Alhagie / Alhaji Kebba Conteh (died July / August 2001). His father was a doctor at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital (today Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital ), a pharmacist and around 1981 mayor of the Gambian capital Banjul and until January 2001 an alkalo of Bundung , a district of Kanifing Municipal . His paternal grandfather, Bala Conteh, was an alkalo there for more than 20 years.

His siblings include Basirou Conteh, Momodou Conteh and the entrepreneur Ndey Conteh-Jallow .

Conteh was married to the former Justice Minister Amie Joof Conteh , who defended him several times in court.

Honors

• 2000: ( RGM ) Jammeh awarded him a medal for his six years of work in building up the community after the coup.

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Jammeh Honors Lai Conteh The Daily Observer of 23 August 2000
2. ↑ ^{a b} KMC's Conteh Suspended The Daily Observer of September 27, 2000
3. ^ No Opposition Party in 3 Years Tombong Jatta Predicts The Daily Observer, July 31, 2000
4. ↑ Local Government Elections Must Be Held ' The Daily Observer, August 4, 2000
5. ↑ Darboe Vows to Remove Banjul Mayor Before Mid Sept. The Daily Observer, August 7, 2000
6. ^ "We Want Samba Faal" The Daily Observer, August 9, 2000
7. ↑ United Democratic Party to Sue Mayor Faal And Lai Conteh The Daily Observer, October 16, 2000
8. ^ Jammeh Appointed Acting Kanifing Municipal Council Chairman The Daily Observer, September 28, 2000
9. ^ Lai Conteh Back At KMC Thanks President, Supporters The Daily Observer, September 29, 2000
10. ^ Darboe On April Commission, Lai Conteh's Suspension The Daily Observer, October 2, 2000
11. ^ Mayor Lai Conteh to Contest Local Government Elections On APRC Ticket The Daily Observer of March 14, 2002
12. ^ Lai Conteh Unanimously Selected in KMC APRC Preliminaries for Local Government Elections The Daily Observer, April 5, 2002
13. ↑ Lai Conteh's nomination Faulted The Independent of 26 March 2002
14. ^ Contest Local Government Election, Yankuba Touray Challenges UDP The Daily Observer of March 27, 2002
15. ^ Lai Conteh's Supporters Lash Out At Critics, Describe Allegations As Hypocritical The Independent, April 1, 2002
16. ↑ Lai Conteh Reappears in Court The Daily Observer on 10 March 2006
17. ↑ Attempted Coup Averted, Government Says IRIN, March 22, 2006
18. ^ Lai Conteh, MC Cham, Others Released - the Independent Chiefs Freed The Daily Observer, April 21, 2006
19. ↑ KMC Councilors Boycott Meetings The Gambia Journal, May 23, 2006
20. ↑ FORMER MAYOR LIE CONTEH SET TO TAKE BACK KMC FROM YANKUBA COLLEY. Retrieved January 6, 2019 . 
21. ↑ FORMER MAYOR LIE CONTEH SET TO TAKE BACK KMC FROM YANKUBA COLLEY. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 6, 2019 ; accessed on January 6, 2019 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
22. ↑ Gambia: Imam Lee Cautions Against Divisive Politics. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
23. ↑ Spotlight on Mrs. Ndey Isatou Conteh Jallow, President ECOWAS Federation of Business Women Entrepreneurs Gambia. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
24. ↑ "kebba conteh" - Google search. Retrieved July 4, 2019 (de-US). 
25. ↑ ^{a b} Gambia: Serrekunda Hospital Maternity Ward Boosted. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
26. ↑ Ebrima Dampha: Tribute to my late dad AA Njie. In: The Standard Newspaper. November 29, 2017. Retrieved July 4, 2019 (American English). 
27. ↑ ^{a b} Gambia: Bundung Residents Call For Alkaloship Election. Retrieved July 4, 2019 . 
28. ^ Gambia: Conteh Kunda Family Donates to Serrekunda Hospital. Retrieved July 3, 2019 . 
29. ↑ A “New” Minister of Justice & Solicitor General? The Debacle Continues. Retrieved January 5, 2019 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
?	Chairman of the Kanifing Municipal Council 1994–2000	Famara RI Jammeh
Famara RI Jammeh	Chairman of the Kanifing Municipal Council 2000–2002	-
-	Mayor of Kanifing Municipal 2002–2006	Yankuba Colley