Henry A. Madi

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Henry Anthony Madi (born April 12, 1913 , † September 8, 1965 in London ) was a businessman and politician in the West African British colony of Gambia .

Life

Constituency Combo St. Mary
General election be right Voting share
1951 000000000000813.0000000000813 75.63%
1954 000000000000904.0000000000904 58.17%

Madi was the son of the Lebanese immigrant Sarkis Madi (around 1888; † July 1962), who founded the successful family company S. Madi in Bathurst in 1906 . He went to Blackrock College in Dublin and returned to The Gambia in the 1930s and worked in the family business. In the 1950s, the business expanded to include the sale and refining of peanuts, as well as real estate, textiles and the construction of hotels. Madi was one of the most respected and wealthy men in Gambia in the early 1950s.

He was a member of the Groundnut Oilseed Marketing Board (GOMB) from 1948 to 1964 and was active in politics. In the elections for the Legislative Council in 1951 , he stood as a non-party member for the constituency 'Kombo St. Mary' and was elected. He was re-elected in the subsequent elections to the Legislative Council in 1954 . He was appointed to the Executive Council at the end of October 1951. In the 1960s did not run for the elections, but was a member of the delegation that drafted a new constitution in Bathurst (1961) and London (1961 and 1964).

His brothers Joseph Madi (1917-2001) and Robert Madi were (around 1924-2009) in the 1960s and early 1970s appointed members of the House of Representatives ( English House of Representatives ).

Madi died unexpectedly on a business trip in London in September 1965 at the age of 52.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia Scarecrow Pr, 2008, ISBN 0-8108-5825-8
  2. ↑ thegazette: The London Gazette, 2 November 1951. 2 November 1951, accessed on September 9, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Madi, Henry A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Madi, Henry Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Businessman and politician in British Gambia
DATE OF BIRTH April 12, 1913
DATE OF DEATH September 8, 1965
Place of death London