Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara GCMG (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first...

include: Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights Bomba Jawara, Sierra Leonean politician Dawda Jawara (born 1924)...

presidency from 1962 to 1994. The president throughout this time period was Dawda Jawara. The People's Progressive Party lost power after the 1994 Gambian coup...

years later, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara. Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless 1994 coup. Adama Barrow was...

for women's rights. She was the first wife (from 1955 to 1967) of Sir Dawda Jawara, Prime Minister of the Gambia. Hannah Augusta Darling Mahoney was born...

power in a bloodless coup d'état on the morning of 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara, who had been President of The Gambia since it became a Republic in 1970...

1970. The position was only held by two people, Pierre Sarr N'Jie and Dawda Jawara. Political parties   United Party (PP)   People's Progressive Party (PPP)...

a bloodless coup d'etat that overthrew the elected government of Sir Dawda Jawara. At first ruling by decree, he was elected president in the 1996 election...

Gambia from 1965 to 1970, when the Gambia became a republic with Sir Dawda Jawara as the first president of the Gambia According to a false claim by former...

then Deputy Director of Public Prosecutions in February 1994 for Sir Dawda Jawara's government. When President Yahya Jammeh took power in a military coup...

Chilel, Lady Jawara (née N'Jie; born 1952) is a former First Lady of the Gambia and widow of the late President Sir Dawda Jawara. Chilel Jawara is the daughter...

which the effigy of Dawda Jawara was dropped and replaced with the national coat of arms on the obverses. However, older Jawara era coins still commonly...

when the Gambia became a republic and has been held by three people: Dawda Jawara, who ruled from 1970 until 1994, Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a...

the government of Dawda Jawara. Sanyang was born in the village of Wassadu in the district of Foni Jarrol. On 31 July 1981, while Jawara was abroad, a 12-member...

This fear was realized during the 1981 coup attempt to oust President Dawda Jawara of the Gambia. Though the coup attempt was not well organized and quickly...

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center is a 14,000 square meters conference center in The Gambia, located in Kombo North/Saint Mary....

became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations, with Dawda Jawara as Prime Minister. The economy of The Gambia, like other African countries...

13 – Giovanni Sartori, Italian political scientist (d. 2017) May 16 – Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (d. 2019) May 22 – Charles Aznavour, French-Armenian...

seats. When the party was formed, the then president of the country Dawda Jawara predicted that it would not last more than three months. The NCP was...

disaffected staff of the Gambia Field Force. At the time, President Dawda Jawara was in the United Kingdom attending the wedding of Prince Charles and...

Chief Minister from 1961 to 1962, though following the 1962 election Dawda Jawara became Prime Minister, beginning the People's Progressive Party's dominance...

overthrew the democratically elected Gambian government of President Sir Dawda Jawara. The arch stands on the Banjul-Serrekunda Highway, near the traffic island...

failure 30 July – 4 August 1981  The Gambia 1981 Gambian coup attempt Dawda Jawara Kukoi Sanyang Coup failure following Senegalese intervention 1 September...

Diplomatic posts Preceded by Dawda Jawara Chairperson of the Economic Community of West African States 1990–1991 Succeeded by Dawda Jawara Preceded by Robert Mugabe...

former US Ambassador, and formerly the home town of the late Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara, a former Prime Minister of the Gambia and the first President of...

for leading a failed insurrection in 1981 against the government of Dawda Jawara. The GSRP was formed in early 1980 by Gibril L George and subsequently...

President Dawda Jawara changed his mind and ran for the position again. Both elections were won by the ruling People's Progressive Party (PPP), with Jawara remaining...

Gambia became independent on 18 February 1965 with Dawda Jawara as the first prime minister. Jawara had previously been prime minister of the self-governing...

heads of state are Zimbabwe's second president Robert Mugabe and Sir Dawda Jawara, first head of state of The Gambia. Ghana's current chief justice, Gertrude...

adopted a new constitution in 1970 which abolished the monarchy. Sir Dawda Jawara, the prime minister (and head of government) from 1965, became the first...