Leadership & Public Service
Adama Barrow
President elected in the 2016 transition
Born 1965Adama Barrow won the December 2016 presidential election as the candidate of a coalition of opposition parties. His victory ended Yahya Jammeh’s 22-year rule. After a political impasse, he took the presidential oath at the Gambian embassy in Dakar in January 2017, before returning to The Gambia.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Won the presidential election as the coalition candidate in December 2016.
02Was sworn in at the Gambian embassy in Dakar in January 2017.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01European Union election mission: political background02UN political mission: chronology of the 2016–2017 transition03The Point: Who is Adama Barrow?
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