List of the First Ladies of the Gambia
First Lady is the official title of the life partner of the head of state of Gambia . Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow has been the First Lady since January 19, 2017 .
Since polygamy (or more precisely: polygyny ) is legal and widespread in Gambia , several heads of government were married several times. Only one spouse then bears the title of First Lady.
List of First Ladies
Parliamentary monarchy (1965–1970)
On February 18, 1965, the former British colony of Gambia achieved complete independence as a parliamentary monarchy. The head of state of the Gambian monarchy was still the British Queen Elizabeth II , who was represented in Gambia by a governor-general.
Head of government during this period was Dawda Jawara (Prime Minister 1962 to 1963 and Prime Minister from 1963 to 1970).
| No. | image | Name (life data) | Tenure as first lady | image | Governor General (life dates) | Term of office of the Governor General | Remarks |
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Audrey Paul (née Weeden) († 2004) | 1965 to 1966 |
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Sir John Warburton Paul (1916-2004) | Governor General (1965 to 1966) | It is not known whether Kathleen Audrey was actually referred to as the first lady. |
| 2. |
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Fanta Singhateh (born 1929) | 1966 to 1970 |
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Sir Farimang Singhateh (1912-1977) | Governor General (1966 to 1970) | Farimang Singhateh was the first governor general with Gambian citizenship. His wife Fanta Singhateh was referred to as the first lady. |
Republic (from 1970)
After a narrowly failed referendum in 1965 , the Gambia was converted into a presidential republic with the repeated referendum of 1970 and the head of state and head of government united in one office as President of Gambia.
| No. | image | Name (life data) | Tenure as first lady | image | Head of State (life dates) | Official title (term of office) | Remarks |
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| 1. |
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Chilel Jawara (born N'Jie) (* around 1952) | 1970 to 1994 |
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Sir Dawda Jawara (1924-2019) | President (1970 to 1994) | Jawara was married to his first wife, Augusta Jawara (1924–1981) from 1955 . This marriage was divorced in 1967, before he took office as President. His second marriage was in March 1968, Chilel Jawara. In 1970 he married Njaimeh Jawara (* around 1947), a sister of Lamin Bora M'Boge , in his third marriage . She is not referred to as the first lady. |
| 2. |
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Tuti Faal (*?) | 1994 to 1998 |
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Yahya Jammeh (* 1965) | Chairman of the Provisional Leadership Council of the Armed Forces (1994 to 1996) | Jammeh married Tuti Faal in 1994 and Zineb Soumah in December 1998. Jammeh married Alima Sallah, daughter of the Gambian diplomat Omar Gibril Sallah , in September or October 2010 . He publicly announced that Zineb Jammeh was still the official first lady. |
| President (1996 to 2017) | |||||||
| 3. |
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Zineb Jammeh (née Soumah) (* 1977) | 1998 to 2017 | ||||
| 4th |
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Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow (born Bah) (* 1974) | from 2017 |
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Adama Barrow (born 1965) | President (from 2017) | Married Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow on March 20, 1997. Adama Barrow is also married to Sarjo Mballow-Barrow . When he took office, he decreed that Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow was the first lady. |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Hassoum Ceesay: Gambian women: an introductory history . Fulladu Publishers, 2007, ISBN 2-00-843000-6 , pp. 109 .
- ^ David Perfect: Historical Dictionary of The Gambia . Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, ISBN 978-1-4422-6526-4 ( google.de [accessed September 1, 2019]).
- ^ Gambia election: Candidates' profiles BBC News, October 17, 2001
- ↑ President Jammeh Marries 20-Yr-Old Moroccan Girl Spice News Services, December 21, 1998
- ^ President Jammeh Marries Second Wife , The Daily Observer, October 4, 2010
- ↑ Pa Nderry Mbai: Gambia: Dictator Jammeh's Former Wife Alima Sallah Finally Returns Home! In: freedomnewspaper.com. 2017, Retrieved August 30, 2019 (American English).
- ↑ Vivian Falae: Yahya Jammeh's and his wives: facts you should know. In: legit.ng. Legit.ng - Nigeria news., 2017, accessed August 30, 2019 .
- ↑ F Mbaye: Barrow confirms first wife will be country's first lady . In: What's On Gambia - Gambian Celebrity gossip, nightlife, entertainment news, culture & lifestyle . ( whatson-gambia.com ).