Yahya Jammeh

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegation gptkb:murder
corruption
human rights abuses
torture
extrajudicial killings
press censorship
forced disappearances
witch hunts
theft of state funds
gptkbp:children gptkb:Mariama_Jammeh
gptkbp:dateOfBirth 1965-05-25
gptkbp:education gptkb:Gambia_High_School
gptkb:Gambia_National_Gendarmerie
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Jola
gptkbp:exiledTo gptkb:Equatorial_Guinea
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Yahya_Abdul-Aziz_Jemus_Junkung_Jammeh
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Yahya Jammeh
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:1994_Gambian_coup_d'état
authoritarian rule
gptkbp:leader gptkb:1994_Gambian_coup_d'état
gptkbp:militaryBranch gptkb:Gambia_National_Army
gptkbp:militaryRank Colonel
gptkbp:nationality Gambian
gptkbp:notable_for claimed to cure HIV/AIDS with herbal remedies
gptkbp:notableEvent forced into exile in 2017
lost 2016 presidential election
refused to concede defeat in 2016
gptkbp:notablePolicy anti-LGBT laws
banned female genital mutilation
declared Gambia an Islamic Republic
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
politician
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:Kanilai,_The_Gambia
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Alliance_for_Patriotic_Reorientation_and_Construction
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:President_of_the_Gambia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Dawda_Jawara
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Islam
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Bata,_Equatorial_Guinea
gptkb:Kanilai,_The_Gambia
gptkbp:signature Yahya Jammeh signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Tuti_Faal
gptkb:Zeinab_Suma_Jammeh
gptkbp:successor Adama Barrow
gptkbp:termEnd 2017-01-19
gptkbp:termStart 1994-07-22
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Dauda_Jawara
gptkb:Gambian_government_(historical)
gptkb:Jola_people
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6