Omar Sompo Ceesay

Omar Sompo Ceesay is a Gambian politician.

Life

In February 2008, after the regional elections in Gambia at the end of January, he was accepted as a nominated regional council member in the Basse Area Council . In addition to him, Seyfu June Bah and Aja Kumba Korra were also nominated.

In the regional elections in Gambia in 2013 to let Omar Sompo Ceesay of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) in the Lower Administrative Area as a candidate for the constituency Basse in the constituency Basse of the Regional Council of the Upper River Division , the Basse Area Council set up. In the election on April 4, 2013, Ceesay was able to win the electoral district in front of his opponent Filly Susso as a candidate of the National Reconciliation Party (NRP). Ceesay became head of the Basse Area Council.

On November 28, 2013, Ceesay was appointed governor of the Upper River Region , succeeding Kanimang Sanneh . At the beginning of February 2017, the new government under Adama Barrow dismissed the governors, and Ceesay's successor was Fatou Jammeh-Touray in early March .

Awards and honors

2016 - July 22nd Revolution Award

Individual evidence

↑ Lamin Fatty: URR Councilors Sworn in. In: FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda). February 15, 2008, accessed June 26, 2019 .
↑ APRIL 4th LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS RESULTS | Independent Electoral Commission The Gambia. In: archive.org. web.archive.org, accessed August 18, 2018 .
↑ ^a ^b Gambia: Omar Sompo Ceesay Appointed New URR Governor . In: FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda) . 2013 ( allafrica.com ).
↑ Governors of Jammeh regime Sacked - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Accessed June 19, 2018 .
^ Gov't Appoints New Regional Governors - Daily Observer. In: observergm.com. 2017, archived from the original on March 12, 2017 ; accessed on June 23, 2018 .
↑ Gambia: President Confers Awards On Over 700 Personalities Celebration of the Prestigious Awards Conferred On His Excellency & Awards Ceremony of the July 22nd Revolution. In: The Daily Observer. August 22, 2016, accessed January 30, 2019 .

personal data
SURNAME	Ceesay, Omar Sompo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH	Gambia

[foroyaa20080215-1] Lamin Fatty: URR Councilors Sworn in. In: FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda). February 15, 2008, accessed June 26, 2019 .

[2] APRIL 4th LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTIONS RESULTS | Independent Electoral Commission The Gambia. In: archive.org. web.archive.org, accessed August 18, 2018 .

[allafrica20131130-3] Gambia: Omar Sompo Ceesay Appointed New URR Governor . In: FOROYAA Newspaper (Serrekunda) . 2013 ( allafrica.com ).

[thepoint20170203-4] Governors of Jammeh regime Sacked - The Point Newspaper, Banjul, The Gambia. In: thepoint.gm. Accessed June 19, 2018 .

[observergm20170309-5] Gov't Appoints New Regional Governors - Daily Observer. In: observergm.com. 2017, archived from the original on March 12, 2017 ; accessed on June 23, 2018 .

[6] Gambia: President Confers Awards On Over 700 Personalities Celebration of the Prestigious Awards Conferred On His Excellency & Awards Ceremony of the July 22nd Revolution. In: The Daily Observer. August 22, 2016, accessed January 30, 2019 .