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The Gambia Independence Act 1964 (. 93) was an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that gave independence to The Gambia with effect from 18 February 1965. The act also provided for the continued right of appeal from the Gambian courts to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, which was abolished in 1998 when Yahya Jammeh decided to reorganise the Gambian judiciary under the 1997 ...
The Gambia was given independence from Britain in 1965 under the Gambia Independence Act 1964, which unified the British Crown Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia into an independent sovereign state. The British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state of The Gambia, which shared its Sovereign with other Commonwealth realms.
The constitution was suspended by a military coup d'état in 1994. [1] A revised constitution that came into effect in January 1997 then marked an official return to civilian control of the government, although the leader of the coup , Yahya Jammeh , remained in power as President for another 20 years and exercised strong de facto personal ...
The Gambia gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, becoming a sovereign member state of the Commonwealth of Nations. [1] Dawda Jawara served as the country's first Prime Minister . Muhammadou M.O. Kah is the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Gambia to Switzerland and Permanent representative to United Nations ...
The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of The Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism era. The colony was the immediate area surrounding Bathurst (now Banjul), and the protectorate was the inland territory situated around the Gambia River , which was declared in 1894.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara. ... 7.0 8.2 6.8 7.2 Source 1: ...
Elizabeth II was Queen of The Gambia from 1965 to 1970, when the Gambia was an independent sovereign state and a constitutional monarchy within the Commonwealth of Nations. [1] [2] She was also the monarch of the other Commonwealth realms, including the United Kingdom. Her constitutional roles in the Gambia were delegated to the governor-general.