Belinda Bidwell

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Belinda Bidwell (born April 22, 1936 , † April 28, 2007 in Fajara / Bakau ) was a Gambian politician and former spokeswoman for the country's national assembly .

Life

Bidwell studied at the University of Oxford and earned a Bachelor's degree in Environmental Studies . She then went to the University of Chicago and graduated in 1973. After completing her studies, she went back to Gambia and taught at Gambia College , where she taught until her retirement in the early 1990s.

After her retirement, she volunteered as a teacher at St. Joseph's Senior Secondary School and at the Gambia High School in Banjul . From April 2006 to January 2007 she was Speaker of the National Assembly , and since 2002 she was Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly . Her successor was Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay .

Bidwell died at her home in Fajara on the morning of April 28, 2007 after a heart attack at the age of 72.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Former Speaker Passed Away The Gambia Journal , April 29, 2007
  2. ↑ Late former speaker Bidwell remembered ( Memento of the original dated November 30, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , April 28, 2008 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / observer.gm
predecessor Office successor
Sheriff Mustapha Dibba Speaker of the Gambia Parliament
2006–2007 		Fatoumatta Jahumpa-Ceesay
personal data
SURNAME Bidwell, Belinda
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 22, 1936
DATE OF DEATH April 28, 2007
Place of death Bakau , Gambia