List of heads of state of Gambia
This is a list of the heads of state of Gambia since independence on February 18, 1965.
Monarchy (1965-1970)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | |
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Beginning | The End | ||||
1. |
Elizabeth II (* 1926) |
queen | February 18, 1965 | April 24, 1970 |
Governors General
The British monarch was represented in his absence by a governor general:
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | |
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Beginning | The End | ||||
1. |
Sir John Warburton Paul (1916-2004) |
Governor General | February 18, 1965 | February 9, 1966 | |
2. |
Sir Farimang Singhateh (1912-1977) |
Governor General | February 9, 1966 | April 24, 1970 |
Republic (from 1970)
No. | image | Name (life data) |
Official title | Term of office | Political party | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Beginning | The End | |||||
1. |
Sir Dawda Jawara (1924-2019) |
president | April 24, 1970 | July 22, 1994 (discontinued) |
PPP | |
- |
Kukoi Sanyang (1952-2013) |
Chairman of the National Revolutionary Council (Note: In the uprising) |
(July 30, 1981) | (August 5, 1981) |
GSRP (prohibited) |
|
- |
Yahya Jammeh (* 1965) |
Chairman of the Provisional Leadership Council of the Armed Forces | July 22, 1994 | September 28, 1996 | independent | |
Head of state | September 28, 1996 | October 18, 1996 | ||||
2. | president | October 18, 1996 | 19th January 2017 | APRC | ||
3. |
Adama Barrow (born 1965) |
president | 19th January 2017 | officiating | UDP |
See also
Web links
- Official website of the President (English)
- List of heads of state and government of Gambia World Statesmen.org (English)
- List of heads of state and government of Gambia Rulers (English)