Jawara II cabinet

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President Dawda Jawara (1979)

The Jawara II cabinet was formed in Gambia on April 24, 1970 by President Dawda Jawara of the People's Progressive Party ( PPP ) and was the first cabinet of the new Republic of Gambia, which became part of the Commonwealth of Nations . The cabinet replaced the first Jawara cabinet, which Jawara had formed on June 12, 1962 as Prime Minister of the then British colony of Gambia. The second cabinet of Jawara was in office until the elections on March 29, 1972 and was then replaced by the cabinet of Jawara III replaced.

The founding of the republic was preceded in April 1970 by a referendum on April 24, 1970 , in which 84,968 voters (70.45 percent) voted for complete independence from the previous colonial power Great Britain . 35,638 voters (29.55 percent) voted for the continued existence of the British colony of Gambia. This achieved the two-thirds majority required to found the republic.

In the period that followed, there was criticism of Jawara's authoritarian rule and protests by the Mandingo against the connection of Jawara's interests with those of Wolof and Creoles because of the resulting urban-rural contrasts. The proletarianization of school leavers with no prospects also led to widespread dissatisfaction. In 1971 the new Gambian currency, the Dalasi , replaced the Gambian pound , which had only replaced the West African pound in 1968.

minister

Office Official
president April 24, 1970 to March 29, 1972: Dawda Jawara (1924–2019)
Vice President 1970–1972: Sheriff Mustapha Dibba (1937–2008)
Minister of State in the Presidential Office 1971–1972: Alieu Badara N'Jie (1904–1982)
General Secretary in the President's Office
Head of the Public Service		 1970–1972: Eric Herbert Christensen (1923–1990)
Finance minister 1970–1972: Sheriff Mustapha Dibba (see above)
Foreign minister 1970–1972: Andrew Camara (1923–2013)
Minister of Health 1970–1972: Ibrahima Momodou Garba-Jahumpa (1912–1994)
Minister for Local Government and Lands 1970–1972: Yaya Ceesay (* 1937)
Minister for Agriculture and Natural Resources 1970–1972: Howsoon Ousman Semega-Janneh (1914–1988)
Information minister 1970–1971: Alieu Badara N'Jie (see above)
Attorney General 1970–1972: Momadu Lamin Saho (1932–1993)

Background literature

  • Gambia since 1946 , in: The Great Ploetz. The encyclopedia of world history , Verlag Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 35th edition, Göttingen 2008, p. 1935, ISBN 978-3-525-32008-2

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