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The High Commission of The Gambia, London is the diplomatic mission of The Gambia in the United Kingdom. [1] It is located south of Hyde Park and Kensington High Street , on Kensington Court in West London.
He was governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia. [4] Dawda Jawara: Margaret Thatcher: 1991: 1992: Mohammadou N. Bobb [5] Dawda Jawara: John Major: 1995: 1998: John Paul Bojang: February 2, 2000 until August 2000 he was ambassador in Washington, October 1, 2004 till September 20, 2006 he was Gambian ambassador to China in Taipei. Yahya Jammeh ...
Until 2013 The Gambia was a member of the Commonwealth and the United Kingdom's representative was a High Commissioner. On 2 October 2013 the Gambian government announced that the country was to withdraw from the Commonwealth. [ 1 ]
The Gambia was given independence from Britain in 1965 under the Gambia Independence Act 1964, which unified the British Crown Colony and Protectorate of the Gambia into an independent sovereign state. The British monarch, Elizabeth II, remained head of state of The Gambia, which shared its Sovereign with other Commonwealth realms.
The Gambia Colony and Protectorate was the British colonial administration of The Gambia from 1821 to 1965, part of the British Empire in the New Imperialism era. The colony was the immediate area surrounding Bathurst (now Banjul), and the protectorate was the inland territory situated around the Gambia River, which was declared in 1894.
British judges on the courts of the Gambia (1 P) Pages in category "The Gambia–United Kingdom relations" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
This is a list of diplomatic missions of the Gambia. [1] The Republic of the Gambia became independent from Britain in 1965. As a relatively small country in West Africa, the Gambia has only a limited number of foreign missions abroad.
The Gambia became a British Crown Colony, British Gambia, divided for administrative purposes into the colony (city of Banjul and the surrounding area) and the protectorate (remainder of the territory). The Gambia received its own executive and legislative councils in 1901 and gradually progressed toward self-government.