POLITICIAN

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, now the Central River Region. He is the son of Mamma Fatty and Almami Jawara. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dawda Jawara has received more than 499,822 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia. Dawda Jawara is the 7,776th most popular politician (down from 7,038th in 2019), the most popular biography from The Gambia and the most popular Gambian Politician.

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Dawda Jawara ranks 7,776 out of 19,576. Before him are Roger III of Sicily, Seonjong of Goryeo, Ashurnasirpal I, Victor, Ercole III d'Este, Duke of Modena, and Phankham Viphavanh. After him are Lý Thái Tổ, Danishmend Gazi, Antonio Grimani, Walter VI, Count of Brienne, Annia Faustina, and Hitoshi Ashida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Dawda Jawara ranks 125. Before him are Maria Riva, Tatiana Nikolayeva, Gene Deitch, Alice Babs, Yehuda Amichai, and Roland Petit. After him are Rik Van Steenbergen, Bayezid Osman, Neville Marriner, Georg Ratzinger, József Zakariás, and Lubomír Štrougal. Among people deceased in 2019, Dawda Jawara ranks 120. Before him are Andrés Gimeno, Hirokazu Kanazawa, James Ingram, Katherine Helmond, Gershon Kingsley, and Jean Starobinski. After him are John C. Bogle, Godfried Danneels, Monkey Punch, Jacques Loussier, Jan Stráský, and Patrick Sercu.

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In The Gambia

Among people born in The Gambia, Dawda Jawara ranks 1 out of 19. After him are Yahya Jammeh (1965), Adama Barrow (1965), Ansumane Mané (1940), Fatou Bensouda (1961), Biri Biri (1948), Bakary Gassama (1979), Musa Barrow (1998), Omar Colley (1992), Assan Ceesay (1994), Momodou Ceesay (1988), and Jaysuma Saidy Ndure (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In The Gambia

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

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