Dawda Jawara, 1st President of the Gambia (died 2019)

Dawda Jawara

First president of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994

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 Jammeh.