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current
President
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GOVERNMENT
SYSTEM OF
GAMBIA
Government of The Republic of The Gambia
Gambia is a multi-party democracy republic within the
Commonwealth independence. Since 1965, Gambia has been
independent, five years later an Executive Presidency was
established.
Executive power: This power lies with the President, who is
currently Yahya Jammeh. The President is elected by direct
universal suffrage. Each President serves a five year term, and
appoints his own Vice-President. The Vice-President is in charge of
government business in the House of Representatives, as well as
the Cabinet Ministers from the members in the house.
Legislative Power: This power lies with the National Assemble.
This assembly has 53 members within it. Of those 53, 48 of them
are elected by the universal adult suffrage and the other 5 are
appointed by the Presidents

Gambias
Constitution:
Th e

Gambias earlier
Constitution was
put into force in
1970 when
Gambia first

Works Cited:
Gambia Government
Information & Contacts.
(n.d.). Retrieved March
25, 2015, from
http://www.accessgambia
.com/information/govern
ment.html