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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 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 ...
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He attended the Constitutional Conference in 1961 for The Gambia's independence, [6] [7] [verification needed] and subsequently was present at Marlborough House, London, as the Gambia Independence Act 1964 was signed, [8] before its independence on 18 February 1965.
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.