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Yahya (Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung) Jammeh (born
May 25,
1965) is the president of
The Gambia (since 1996). As chairman of the
Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council, he took control of the country in a military coup in
1994, and was elected as president two years later in widely criticized elections, and was sworn into office on
November 6,
1996. He founded the
Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction as his political party. He was re-elected in
2001, under a process generally deemed fair.
President Jammeh was formerly named Yahya Alphonse Jemus Jebulai Jammeh.
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