Ibrahima BA Kelepha Samba

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Ibrahima BA Kelepha-Samba (born June 2, 1915 - July 18, 1995 ) was a Gambian politician and mayor of the capital Bathurst ( English Lord Mayor of Banjul ).

Life

Kelepha-Samba first worked in Jokadu at the Compagnie Française de l'Afrique Occidentale , later he switched to public service. He was first employed by the Gambia Post Office , then in the Marine Department as paymaster and accounting officer until his retirement in 1972.

He was initially a party member of the Democratic Congress Alliance (DCA), which went into the People's Progressive Party (PPP) in 1965 . In May 1967, Kelepha Samba was appointed Lord Mayor of Bathurst, as the capital Banjul was called before it was renamed. He was this position incumbent to the sudden dissolution of the Bathurst City Council (BCC) in June 1971, the BCC was a management committee ( English management committee replaced).

Bathurst North constituency
General election be right Voting share
1972 000000000001320.00000000001,320 41.24%
1972 (by-election) 000000000001308.00000000001,308 48.93%
1977 000000000001727.00000000001,727 48.00%
1982 000000000002415.00000000002,415 61.34%
1987 000000000001663.00000000001,663 48.30%
1992 000000000001780.00000000001,780 51.16%

As a candidate for the Bathurst North constituency in the 1972 parliamentary elections , he lost it to his opponent Pierre Sarr N'Jie from the United Party (UP). In by-elections in December 1972, he was narrowly beaten by the UP candidate, Musa A Jobe. In the parliamentary elections in 1977 and all subsequent elections until 1992, Kelepha-Samba won his constituency.

Kelepha Samba was appointed parliamentary secretary after the election in 1977 and 1979 to the Minister of Labor and Communications English minister of works and communications . He lost his seat in the cabinet of Dawda Jawara , who wanted to fill his cabinet with younger members, after the parliamentary elections in 1982 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia Scarecrow Pr, 2008, ISBN 0-8108-5825-8
predecessor Office successor
- Mayor of Banjul
May 1967 – June 1971 		resolution
? Minister of Works and Communications
1979–1982 		?
personal data
SURNAME Kelepha Samba, Ibrahima BA
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1915
DATE OF DEATH July 18, 1995