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Alieu Badara Njie

Diplomat and vice-president

1904–1982

Alieu Badara Njie was a civil servant, parliamentarian and senior member of the independence generation. He held several cabinet portfolios and served as The Gambia’s representative in Dakar at independence. His later appointment as vice-president reflected a public career that ran from colonial administration into the institutions of the First Republic.

THEIR MARK ON HISTORY

01Served in external affairs at independence in 1965.

02Held the vice-presidency from 1977 to 1981.

IndependenceDiplomacyFirst Republic
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01Wikipedia: biographical overview

Photo: Society for Anglo-Chinese Understanding photo archive, card 0796 (1975) · Image rights retained by source. Cropped or framed for display. AI-assisted resolution enhancement. View original photograph. Alieu Badara N’jie arriving in Peking, January 1975; cropped from SACU archive card 0796.