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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 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.
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 ...
Word count [1] None (see Constitution of Afghanistan) August 15, 2021 — Constitution of Albania: November 28, 1998: 13,826 Constitution of Algeria: December 8, 1996: 10,038 Constitution of Andorra: February 2, 1993: 8,740 Constitution of Angola: January 21, 2010: 27,181 Constitution of Antigua and Barbuda: October 31, 1981: 38,464 ...
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.
A 1966 Gambian four-shilling coin depicting the Queen of The Gambia. The Gambia was granted independence in 1965 under the Gambia Independence Act 1964 of Parliament of the United Kingdom, which transformed the Gambia Colony and Protectorate into an independent sovereign state, with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state and Queen of the Gambia.