Background
Jawara, Sir Dawda Kairaba was born on May 16, 1924 in Barajally, Gambia. Son of Almamy and Mama (Fatty) Jawara.
Jawara, Sir Dawda Kairaba was born on May 16, 1924 in Barajally, Gambia. Son of Almamy and Mama (Fatty) Jawara.
Diploma tropical veterinary medicine, University Edinburgh, Scotland, 1957. Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Ife, Nigeria, 1978. Doctor of Science in Veterinary Medicine (honorary), Colorado State University, 1986.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), University Glasgow, 1990.
Veterinary officer, Gambia, 1954-1960. Leader People's Progressive Party, Gambia, since 1960. Minister education, Gambia, 1960-1961, premier, 1962-1965, prime minister, 1966-1970, former president, former minister of defense.
Vice president Senegambia confederation, since 1982.
Chairman, Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel, 1977, 79. Honorary procurator Afro-European Dialogue of Peutinger Collegium, 1978. Fellow Royal College Veterinary Surgeons, member Commonwealth Veterinary Association (president since 1967).