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People's Progressive Party (The Gambia)

1959 · 20th century · Also known as PPP

The People's Progressive Party was a political party of The Gambia, founded in 1959 and led by Dawda Jawara. With strong support in the rural Protectorate, it won the elections of 1962, led the country to independence in 1965 and governed until the military coup of 1994.

People's Progressive Party (The Gambia)
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Gambia Colony and Protectorate

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). People's Progressive Party (The Gambia). In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/peoples-progressive-party-the-gambia
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