Chilel Jawara

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Chilel Jawara (born Chilel N'Jie ; born 1952 ) is a former Gambian first lady .

Life

Chilel Jawara was born as the daughter of the wealthy businessman Momodou Musa N'Jie (approx. 1914–1990) from the Wolof people . Her father was a supporter of Pierre Sarr N'Jie's United Party (UP) . After the wedding, he was a sponsor of Jawara's People's Progressive Party (PPP).

While she was still attending the Gambia High School (today: Gambia Senior Secondary School ), she married the Gambian Prime Minister and later President Dawda Jawara (1924-2019) in March 1968 at the age of 16 . Her husband had previously been married to Augusta Jawara (1924–1981) from 1955 . Their marriage ended in divorce in 1967. At her husband's side, she was Gambian first lady from 1970 to 1994 . She had at least eight children with him. The politician Fatoumatta Njai is her niece.

In 1978 the Gambian ferry Lady Chilel Jawara was named after her.

In 1981, during the attempted coup by Kukoi Samba Sanyang, the British Special Air Service or, according to other sources, the Senegalese military rescued her from the violence of the coup plotters who had held her hostage for almost a week.

Chilel Jawara accompanied her husband on trips abroad, e.g. B. 1975 and 1991 to China or 1984 to South Korea.

In 1993 she received the Order of Infante Dom Henrique from the Portuguese President at the Grand Cross level .

In 2018 she celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary with her husband. Dawda Jawara died on August 27, 2019.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ David Perfect: Historical Dictionary of The Gambia . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-6526-4 , pp. 238, 320 .
  2. ^ Gambian President Dawda Jawara Temporarily Deposed On This Day In 1981. In: Face2Face Africa. July 30, 2014, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Fatoumata Jawara, Aileen Kwa: Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real World of International Trade Negotiations, Updated Edition . Zed Books, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84277-533-2 ( google.de [accessed September 1, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Adekeye Adebajo, Ismail OD Rashid, Ismail Rashid: West Africa's Security Challenges: Building Peace in a Troubled Region . Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004, ISBN 978-1-58826-284-4 ( google.de [accessed September 1, 2019]).
  5. ^ African Concord . Concord Press of Nigeria, 1986 ( google.de [accessed September 1, 2019]).
  6. ^ The Economist . Economist Newspaper Limited, 1981 ( google.de [accessed September 1, 2019]).
  7. ^ Issues & Studies . Institute of International Relations, Republic of China, 1975 ( google.de [accessed September 2, 2019]).
  8. ↑ United States Foreign Broadcast Information Service: Daily Report: People's Republic of China . National Technical Information Service, 1991 ( google.de [accessed September 2, 2019]).
  9. ^ Korea Observer . Academy of Korean Studies., 1984 ( google.de [accessed September 2, 2019]).
  10. ↑ Gainde: Celebrating 50 years of marriage: Lady Chilel praised as role model for women. Retrieved September 2, 2019 (UK English).
personal data
SURNAME Jawara, Chilel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES N'Jie, Chilel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian first lady
DATE OF BIRTH 1952