Adama Barrow

Adama Barrow
𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮
Barrow in 2018
3rd President of the Gambia
Incumbent
Assumed office
19 January 2017[i]
Vice PresidentFatoumata Tambajang
Ousainou Darboe
Isatou Touray
Badara Joof
Muhammad B.S. Jallow
Preceded byYahya Jammeh
Personal details
Born (1965-02-15) 15 February 1965 (age 59)
Mankamang Kunda, British Gambia
Political partyNational People's Party (2019–present)[6][7]
Independent (2016–2019)
United Democratic Party (2007–2016)
National Reconciliation Party (2006–2007)
Other political
affiliations		Coalition 2016 (2016–2019)[8]
Spouse(s)Fatoumatta Bah-Barrow (m. 1997)
Sarjo Mballow
Children5 (including 1 deceased)
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Adama Barrow

President of the Gambia

2017–present

Government

Adama Barrow (Fula: 𞤀𞥄𞤣𞤢𞤥𞤢 𞤄𞤢𞥄𞤪𞤮, romanized: Aadama Baaro, born 15 February 1965) is a Gambian politician and real estate developer who has served as President of the Gambia since 2017.

Born in Mankamang Kunda, a village near Basse Santa Su, he attended Crab Island Secondary School and the Muslim High School, the latter on a scholarship. He then worked for Alhagie Musa Njie & Sons, a Gambian energy company, where he became a sales manager. Moving to London in the early 2000s, Barrow studied for qualifications in real estate. After returning to the Gambia in 2006, he founded Majum Real Estate and was the CEO until 2016. He became the treasurer of the United Democratic Party, an opposition party, and then became party leader in September 2016 after the previous leader was jailed.[9] Barrow was then chosen as the UDP candidate in the 2016 presidential election. It was later announced that he would stand as an independent with the backing of the opposition group Coalition 2016 (a coalition supported by the UDP and six other parties).

Barrow won the 2016 presidential election with 43.34% of the vote, defeating long-time incumbent Yahya Jammeh. Jammeh initially accepted the result, but later reneged on this, and Barrow was forced to flee to neighbouring Senegal. He was inaugurated at the Gambian embassy in Senegal on 19 January 2017, and Jammeh was forced to leave the Gambia and go into exile on 21 January. Barrow returned to the Gambia on 26 January.

In November 2021, Adama Barrow announced his candidacy for the 2021 presidential election, and was re-elected.[10]

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  5. ^ "Gambia: Adama Barrow sworn-in". Africanews. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  6. ^ Hoije, Katarina (January 2020). "Gambian President Forms New Party in Possible Re-Election Bid". Bloomberg. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Adama Barrow to cling on despite promise to stay only three years". The Africa Report. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Gambia 2016: Adama Barrow: My Vision And Mission". 25 November 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
  9. ^ "Gambia 2016: UDP's Adama Barrow Leaves UDP To Head Opposition Coalition". 8 November 2016. Archived from the original on 31 July 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  10. ^ "Gambia elections: Adama Barrow declared presidential election winner". BBC News. 5 December 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.


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