Dawda Jawara
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Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara was a Gambian politician who served as prime minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first President of The Gambia from 1970 to 1994, when he was overthrown by Yahya Jamme
Jawara in 1979
PM Jawara with David Ben-Gurion and General Moshe Dayan during a visit to Israel in 1962.
1994 Gambian coup d'état
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In the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, a group of soldiers led by 29-year-old Lieutenant Yahya Jammeh seized power in a coup d'état on the morning of 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara, who had been President of
Gambia President Yahya Jammeh Portrait
