Farimang Singhateh
Alhaji Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh GCMG (* 1912 in Georgetown ; † May 19, 1977 ) was the second and last Governor General of Gambia and represented Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.
Life
Farimang Singhateh, who comes from a long line of Mandinka traders from Wuli , grew up in Georgetown (which was renamed Janjanbureh in 1995 ). He was raised by the wife of a British Divisional Commissioner . From 1935 he worked as a volunteer medical worker in Kerewan . He then became an employee on probation ( English Medical Probationer ) with the Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) in various Gambian units during the Second World War .
In 1949 he married Fanta Singhateh , with whom they had six children.
From 1950 Singhateh was appointed as a licensed pharmacist. In 1963 he retired and founded his pharmacy, which is still famous today , in Farafenni .
He was chairman of the Protectorate People's Society , and he and his wife were also supporters of the Protectorate People's Party (which later became the People's Progressive Party in 1959 ). Singhateh suspended his political work in 1964 because he was appointed to the civil service committee. In 1964 he also completed the Islamic pilgrimage Hajj with his wife .
On February 9, 1966, he succeeded Sir John Warburton Paul , Governor General of Gambia before independence, as Governor General . Singhateh was the only local to hold this post. When the country became a republic in 1970 , the governor-general office was abolished (April 24, 1970) and Prime Minister Dawda Kairaba Jawara became acting president . Singhateh then withdrew from political life.
Singhateh was beaten on September 12, 1966 to the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George . He was also a devout member and president of the local Ahmadiyya Muslim Community . He died on May 19, 1977. A street in the capital Banjul was named in his honor.
literature
- Arnold Hughes and Harry A. Gailey: Historical dictionary of the Gambia Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 1999, ISBN 0-8108-3660-2
Individual evidence
- ^ West Africa . West Africa Publishing Company, Limited, 1966 ( google.de [accessed February 25, 2019]).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Sir John Warburton Paul |
Governor General of Gambia 1966–1970 |
Office dissolved |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Singhateh, Farimang |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Singateh, Farimang Mamadi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Gambian politician, second and last Governor General of Gambia |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Janjanbureh |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1977 |