Assan Musa Camara

Kantora constituency

General election	be right	Voting share
1960	2,535	58.64%
1962	1,532	56.41%
1966	1,648	56.89%
1972	2,222	65.68%
1977	5,243	88.34%
1982	unanimously	100.00%
1987	2,401	42.19%
1992	2,054	43.01%

Assan Musa Camara GCRG (born April 21, 1923 in Mansajang Kunda , † September 15, 2013 in Banjul ) was a Gambian politician.

Live and act

Camara was a member of the Gambia cabinet under President Dawda Jawara as second foreign minister from 1967 to 1974. He served in the Gambian People's Party , which was banned after the 1994 military coup .

He stood for election in the presidential election of 1987 , but received only 13.7 percent of the votes cast. In the presidential election of 1992 he received 8.0 percent of the vote. In both elections he was the third strongest candidate.

Assan Musa Camara died in September 2013 and was honored with an act of state; he was buried in the Old Jeshwang Cemetery in Kanifing .

honors and awards

• Order of the Republic of The Gambia at Grand Commander level (GCRG)

literature

• Andrew David Camara , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 24/1974 of June 3, 1974, in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely available)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia Scarecrow Pr, 2008, ISBN 0-8108-5825-8
2. ^ Former VP Assan Musa Camara laid to rest The Point from September 17, 2013
3. ^ Assembly pays last respects to former Vice President Camara ( Memento from September 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) The Daily Observer from September 17, 2013

predecessor	Office	successor
-	Minister of Education of Gambia 1963-?	Paul L. Baldeh
Alieu Badara N'Jie	Foreign Minister of Gambia 1967–1974	Lamine Kitty Jabang
Sheriff Dibba	Vice President of The Gambia 1972–1977	Alieu Badara N'Jie
Alieu Badara N'Jie	Vice President of The Gambia 1977–1982	Bakary Bunja Dabo