Lamin Bojang (politician, 1954)

Lamin "Bolong" Bojang (* 1954 in Brikama ) is a Gambian doctor and politician.

Life

Bojang attended Crab Island School and the Gambia High School from 1968 to 1974 . With a scholarship, he began studying medicine in Egypt in 1974 . After qualifying as a doctor, he returned to The Gambia in 1982 to work as a medical assistant in the government service. After a stay in Nigeria he was finally admitted to practice as a doctor in Gambia and in 1989 he founded a private practice in Brikama .

He considered joining the People's Democratic Organization for Independence and Socialism (PDOIS) but found its left-wing politics unacceptable and instead founded his own political party, the People's Democratic Party (PDP), in September 1991, of which he became president and leader. Bojang relied on financial support from a local businessman, Solo Darboe , and defectors from other parties. Bojang's centrist political beliefs were little different from those of rival political leaders, and neither he nor his party won the 1992 elections. Bojang finished fourth out of five candidates, winning 6 percent of the vote in the presidential election and just 7 percent of the vote in his Central Kombo parliamentary constituency . After these devastating defeats, Bojang withdrew from active politics and publicly supported President Yahya Jammeh in the 1996 presidential election .

Five years later, Bojang withdrew his support for Jammeh in 1996 and in February 2001 called for the Jammeh government to be ousted for its "inability to govern effectively". However, in September 2003 he said again that his party, the PDP, could form an alliance with Jammeh's party. However, nothing was heard of this candidacy and his party practically disappeared from the political scene. Jammeh emerged as leader of the National Convention Party (NCP) in the run-up to the December 1, 2016 election , in which Jammeh was ousted. In the meantime he was traded as a presidential candidate of the NCP in mid-2016. He played an active role at the party congress, which elected Adama Barrow and then withdrew into the political shadows before the election with the NCP, which nominated a new party leader.

Individual evidence

^ ^A ^b Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia . 4th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-5825-1 , pp. 23-24 .
^ ^A ^b David Perfect: Historical dictionary of the Gambia . 5th edition. Lanham, Maryland, ISBN 978-1-4422-6522-6 , pp. 62 .
↑ Bubacarr Sowe: Gambia: “Revived” NCP Names Presidential Candidate. In: jollofnewspaper.com. June 19, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (American English).
↑ Omar Wally: Dr Lamin Bolong Bojang Maverick Politician. In: standard.gm. January 19, 2018, accessed July 27, 2020 (American English).
↑ Suwaibou Touray: Interview With Dr. Lamin Bojang, Leader of PDP (Part One) Excerpts. FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda), May 13, 2008, accessed on July 27, 2020 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bojang, Lamin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bojang, Bolong (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	1954
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brikama

[Historical_dictionary_of_The_Gambia/4-1] A ^b Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia . 4th edition. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-5825-1 , pp. 23-24 .

[Historical_dictionary_of_the_Gambia/5-2] A ^b David Perfect: Historical dictionary of the Gambia . 5th edition. Lanham, Maryland, ISBN 978-1-4422-6522-6 , pp. 62 .

[jollofnewspaper20160619-3] Bubacarr Sowe: Gambia: “Revived” NCP Names Presidential Candidate. In: jollofnewspaper.com. June 19, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2020 (American English).

[standard20180119-4] Omar Wally: Dr Lamin Bolong Bojang Maverick Politician. In: standard.gm. January 19, 2018, accessed July 27, 2020 (American English).

[FOROYAA20080513-5] Suwaibou Touray: Interview With Dr. Lamin Bojang, Leader of PDP (Part One) Excerpts. FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda), May 13, 2008, accessed on July 27, 2020 .