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Dawda Jawara

1924 - 2019

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Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara (16 May 1924 – 27 August 2019) 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 deposed. Jawara was born in Barajally, MacCarthy Island Division, the son of Mamma Fatty and Almami Jawara. He was educated at the Methodist Boys' School in Banjul (Bathurst) and then attended Achimota College in Ghana. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dawda Jawara has received more than 465,115 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Dawda Jawara is the 7,057th most popular politician (down from 6,462nd in 2019), the most popular biography from The Gambia and the most popular Gambian Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dawda Jawara ranks 7,057 out of 15,577. Before him are Ercole, Lord of Monaco, Hasan Prishtina, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Archduke Felix of Austria, Francis I, Duke of Brittany, and Alexander Schallenberg. After him are Louis VI, Elector Palatine, Frederick, Duke of Bohemia, Neferkauhor, Louis IV, Elector Palatine, Catherine of Brandenburg, and Gottfried Silbermann.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Dawda Jawara ranks 118. Before him are Daniel arap Moi, Walter Gotell, Rik Van Steenbergen, Marina Berti, Richard Bull, and Paisios of Mount Athos. After him are Gene Deitch, Daniel Inouye, Jean Girault, Khamtai Siphandon, Rikidōzan, and E. P. Thompson. Among people deceased in 2019, Dawda Jawara ranks 108. Before him are Billy Drago, Anatoly Lukyanov, Jonas Mekas, Moshe Arens, Guillermo Mordillo, and Hirokazu Kanazawa. After him are Georgiy Daneliya, Branko Lustig, Monkey Punch, Gershon Kingsley, Yukiya Amano, and Klaus Kinkel.

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In The Gambia

Among people born in The Gambia, Dawda Jawara ranks 1 out of 11. After him are Adama Barrow (1965), Yahya Jammeh (1965), Ansumane Mané (1940), Fatou Bensouda (1961), Bakary Gassama (1979), Musa Barrow (1998), Omar Colley (1992), Momodou Ceesay (1988), Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (1984), and Modou Barrow (1992).

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Among POLITICIANS In The Gambia

Among politicians born in The Gambia, Dawda Jawara ranks 1. After him are Adama Barrow (1965), Yahya Jammeh (1965), Ansumane Mané (1940), and Fatou Bensouda (1961).

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