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The Gambian High Commissioner in London is the official representative of the Government in Banjul to the Government of the United Kingdom.

History

• In 2012 a proposal was made within the Commonwealth of Nations to address human rights, copyright and political corruption.

• Following the proposal, Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary General, met with Yahya Jammeh and other top officials.

• In late September 2013 the government of Yahya Jammeh realized that the Commonwealth is a neocolonial instrument and left it.

• The diplomatic representation of The Gambia in London changed from a High Commission to an embassy.

• The High Commissioner, Mrs. Harding presented her credentials as ambassador on October 23, 2013.

• The then Ambassador, Francis Blain, became High Commissioner on the 8 February 2018, as The Gambia returned to its membership of the Commonwealth under Adama Barrow, President of the Gambia.

List of representatives

51°30′58″N 0°11′58″W / 51.516225°N 0.199516°W / 51.516225; -0.199516

References

1. Gambian embassy, London
2. Bocar Ousman Semega-Janneh
3. Abdullah Mamadu Kalifa Boygang
4. Horace Reginald Monday jr.
5. Mohammadou N. Bobb
6. Gibril Seman Joof
7. Tamsir Jallow Presents Credence The Daily Observer, November 9, 2006

• High commissioners of the Gambia to the United Kingdom
• Lists of ambassadors of the Gambia
• Lists of ambassadors to the United Kingdom
• The Gambia and the Commonwealth of Nations
• United Kingdom and the Commonwealth of Nations