Pierre Sarr N'Jie

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Pierre Sarr N'Jie (1944)

Pierre Sarr N'Jie (born July 17, 1909 , † December 11, 1993 ) was a politician in the West African state of Gambia .

Life

Bathurst constituency
General election be right Voting share
1951 000000000000463.0000000000463 20.47%
1954 000000000002123.00000000002.123 35.84%
New Town East constituency
General election be right Voting share
1960 000000000001017.00000000001,017 59.68%
1962 000000000001221.00000000001,221 57.38%
Bathurst North constituency
General election be right Voting share
1966 000000000002449.00000000002,449 75.31%
1972 000000000001633.00000000001,633 51.02%

In 1952, the Christian Pierre Sarr N'Jie, from the Fulbe people , founded the former Gambian party United Party (UP) and was its chairman. The UP had its supporters in the Wolof and Fulbe with Roman Catholic faith. N'Jie campaigned for a federation with Senegal

In the phase in which the Gambia was heading towards its independence , the United Kingdom commissioned N'Jie from the UP a year later, after the parliamentary elections in 1960, to form a commission with representatives of all parties to prepare the country for self-government. In the second general election in 1962 , the People's Progressive Party (PPP) won, and 38-year-old Dauda (later Sir Dauda) Kairaba Jawara was appointed prime minister and N'Jie became opposition leader in parliament.

He was Chief Minister of Gambia from March 1961 to June 12, 1962, an office that was the forerunner of the Prime Minister's office. When N'Jie withdrew from politics, the UP became less important.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rosel Jahn: Gambia: travel guide with regional studies; with a travel atlas . Mai, Dreieich 1997, ISBN 3-87936-239-4
  2. ↑ Contemporary Africa Database ( Memento from March 14, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME N'Jie, Pierre Sarr
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Gambian politician
DATE OF BIRTH July 17, 1909
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1993