Constitution of the Gambia

The Gambia

This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the Gambia
Constitution
Executive President (list) Yahya Jammeh Vice President Isatou Njie Saidy President-elect Adama Barrow Cabinet
Legislative National Assembly Speaker: Abdoulie Bojang
Elections Political parties Politicians Recent elections Presidential: 2011 2016 Parliamentary: 2007 2012
Administrative divisions Divisions Districts
Foreign relations Minister of Foreign Affairs Diplomatic missions Passport
Other countries Atlas

The Constitution of the Gambia is the supreme law of the Gambia. A coup by the military in 1994 suspended the constitution.^[1] The current constitution has been in place since January 1997 and marked a return to civilian control of the government.^[2]

References

↑ "Gambia or The Gambia." The Houghton Mifflin Dictionary of Geography. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997. Credo Reference. 1 Jan. 2001. Web. 15 June 2011. <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/hmgeog/gambia_or_the_gambia>.
↑ "Gambia, The: Independence to Present." Encyclopedia of African History. London: Routledge, 2004. Credo Reference. 13 Sept. 2007. Web. 14 June 2011. <http://www.credoreference.com/entry/routafricanhistory/gambia_the_independence_to_present>.

Constitutions of African countries

Sovereign states	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa South Sudan Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

States with limited recognition	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Somaliland

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