Yahya Jammeh
Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh (born 25 Mey 1965)[4] is an umwhile Preses o the Gambie. As a young airmy officer, he teuk pouer in a 1994 militar coup. He lost the 2016 Preses election tae Adama Barrow; efter ineetially refusin tae step doon, he wis persuadit tae demit on 21 Januar 2017.
Yahya Jammeh | |
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| Preses o the Gambie | |
| In office 22 July 1994 – 21 Januar 2017[a] | |
| Vice Preses | Isatou Njie-Saidy |
| Precedit bi | Dawda Jawara |
| Succeedit bi | Adama Barrow |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh 25 Mey 1965 Kanilai, Gambie |
| Poleetical pairty | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation an Construction |
| Spoose(s) | Zeinab Suma Alima Sallah (possibly divorced)[2][3] |
| Bairns | Mariam Muhammed |
| Alma mater | Wastren Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Militar service | |
| Allegiance |  Gambie |
| Service/brainch | Gambie Naitional Airmy |
| Years o service | 1984–1996 |
| Rank | Colonel |
Notes
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eedit- ↑ "The Gambia's Yahya Jammeh's term extended by parliament". BBC.
- ↑ Breaking News: Gambia – Jammeh Divorces First Lady Alima Sallah, Freedom Now Newspaper online, 26 April 2011.
- ↑ Breaking News: Gambia – First Lady Jammeh to Visit us Next Week, Freedom Now Newspaper online, 18 June 2011. HE reportedly tied the knot with a 22-year-old charming Ghanaian lady in Kumasi last weekend. Mrs. Nora Jammeh, formerly called Munira Yahaya, a graduate of Sunyani Polytechnic, was engaged to the Gambian president two weeks ago in the Gambia, which was followed by the secret wedding at the Golden Tulip Hotel in Kumasi in 2012.
- ↑ Country Profiles: Sub-Saharan Africa: Gambia, U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office, 18 July 2011 .