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Dawda Jawara was born in 1924 in Bathurst, the Gambia. He was a Gambian politician who served as the first President of the Gambia from 1970 to 1994. Jawara was a member of the People's Progressive Party (PPP), which he co-founded in 1959. He was Prime Minister of the Gambia from 1965 to 1970 and President from 1970 to 1994.