page_title: People's Progressive Party (The Gambia)
section_title: Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara
hierarchical_section_title: People's Progressive Party (The Gambia) / Notable members / Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara
caption_attribution_description: English: Video still of Omar A. Jallow giving a television interview in 2017.
context_page_description: The People's Progressive Party is a political party in the Gambia. It was the dominant ruling party of the House of Representatives and the presidency from 1962 to 1994. The president throughout this time period was Dawda Jawara. The People's Progressive Party lost power after the 1994 Gambian coup d'état, a military coup led by young, junior military officers. The Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction then became the dominant party of the Gambia. The People's Progressive Party remains active, but lacking the same level of support it garnered in the 20th century.
context_section_description: Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara served as the leader of the People's Progressive Party from 1959 until 1994 when he was overthrown. He is responsible for changing the name of the party from the Protectorate People's Party to the People's Progressive Party. Before serving as president for the Gambia he was elected into the legislature in 1960. During this time, he also served as the minister of education. He later became the prime minister of the Gambia in 1962 and was knighted in 1966, following independence. Upon the creation of a new constitution in 1970, Jawara became the president and served until the 1994 Gambian coup d'état.
  Following the coup, Jawara was exiled and lived in Senegal and later London. He was later given amnesty but was not given the right to participate in the Gambian political arena.
  
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  Dawda Jawara died on August 27, 2019 at 95 years old.
  Dawda Jawara died on August 27, 2019 at 95 years old.
caption: Omar Jallow, the current leader of the PPP.
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