List of High Commissioners of the Gambia to the United Kingdom

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High Commissioner of The Gambia to the United Kingdom
Incumbent
Fatou Bensouda
since 2022
Inaugural holder Louis Francis Valantine
Formation1965

The Gambian High Commissioner in London is the official representative of the Government in Banjul to the Government of the United Kingdom, and is accredited by the Holy See.[ citation needed ]

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History

List of representatives

Diplomatic accreditation ambassador Observations List of heads of state of the Gambia Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Term end
1965 Louis Francis Valantine John Paul (colonial administrator) Harold Wilson 1968
1971 Bocar Ousman Semega-Janneh B. O. Semega Janneh born in London]]. On May 27, 1967 was mayor of Bathurst and appointed Ambassador to Senegal, residing in Dakar succeeding Alhajie Alieu Badara Njie [1] Dawda Jawara Edward Heath 1980
1980 Omar A. Secka Chargé d'affaires, 2004 HC in Lagos Nigeria. Dawda Jawara Margaret Thatcher 1982
1982 Abdullah Mamadu Kalifa Bojang [2] Dawda Jawara Margaret Thatcher 1983
1983 Almad Tijan Sallah Chargé d'affaires (* 1948) Dawda Jawara Margaret Thatcher 1984
1984 Samuel Jonathan Okikiola Sarr (*April 1921)[ citation needed ] Dawda Jawara Margaret Thatcher 1987
1988 Horace Reginald Monday jr. He was governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia. [3] Dawda Jawara Margaret Thatcher 1991
1992 Mohammadou N. Bobb [4] 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 Tony Blair 2000
2001 Gibril Seman Joof 2006: The Gambia's ambassador to Senegal, [5] Yahya Jammeh Tony Blair 2006
April 2007 Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding - High Commissioner from 2007 to 2013, and ambassador from 2013 to 2017. Yahya Jammeh Gordon Brown
2017 Francis Blain - Ambassador from 2017 to 2018, and High Commissioner from 2018 to 20222022 Fatou Bensouda

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