Yahya Jammeh
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Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh is a Gambian politician and former soldier, who served as President of the Gambia from 1996 to 2017. He was the Chairman of the Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Co
Jammeh (standing) in 2014
Jammeh electoral poster in 2005
Yahya Jammeh.
Yahya and Zeinab Jammeh with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama in the White House, August 2014.
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
Yahya Jammeh
…the Military Police from 1992 to 1994. In July 1994, he came to power by leading a bloodless coup d'état that overthrew the elected government of Sir Dawda Jawara. At first ruling by decree, he was elected president in the 1996 election. Jammeh was re-elected as president in 2001, 2006 and 2011, but lost to Adama…
Jawara in 1979
PM Jawara with David Ben-Gurion and General Moshe Dayan during a visit to Israel in 1962.