Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara GCMG (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) was a Gambian politician who served as Prime Minister from 1962 to 1970, and then as the first...

include: Augusta Jawara (1924-1981), Gambian nurse, playwright and activist for women's rights Bomba Jawara, Sierra Leonean politician Dawda Jawara (born 1924)...

presidency from 1962 to 1994. The president throughout this time period was Dawda Jawara. The People's Progressive Party lost power after the 1994 Gambian coup...

in 1965, The Gambia gained independence under the leadership of Dawda Jawara. Jawara ruled until Yahya Jammeh seized power in a bloodless 1994 coup, with...

and deputy director of public prosecutions in February 1994 for Sir Dawda Jawara's government. She played a central role in the early years of Gambian...

for women's rights. She was the first wife (from 1955 to 1967) of Sir Dawda Jawara, Prime Minister of the Gambia. Hannah Augusta Darling Mahoney was born...

1970. The position was only held by two people, Pierre Sarr N'Jie and Dawda Jawara. Political parties   United Party (PP)   People's Progressive Party (PPP)...

power in a bloodless coup d'état on the morning of 22 July, ousting Dawda Jawara, who had been President of The Gambia since it became a Republic in 1970...

a bloodless coup d'etat that overthrew the elected government of Sir Dawda Jawara. At first ruling by decree, he was elected president in the 1996 election...

Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara International Conference Center is a 14,000 square meters conference center in The Gambia, located in Kombo North/Saint Mary....