Cecilia Cole Explained

Office:	Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Gambia
Termend:	2000
Termstart:	1997
Successor:	Belinda Bidwell
Party:	APRC

Cecilia Cole (née Rendall; 1921 – 2 July 2006) was a Gambian politician who was a Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.^[1]

She was nominated to the Gambian parliament by President Yahya Jammeh in January 1997 and was the only female member of parliament in that legislature until 2002. She was also Deputy Speaker of Parliament during this period.^[2]

Family

Her son-in-law was bishop Solomon Tilewa Johnson.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: 4 July 2006. Gambia: Former Deputy Speaker Passes Away. All Africa.
2. Der genannte Zeitraum als stellvertretende Parlamentssprecherin variiert je nach Quelle: https://allafrica.com/stories/200607051175.html nennt 1997 is 2000, https://guide2womenleaders.com/Gambia_Parliament.htm nennt 1997 bis 2001; Jawara nennt 1998 bis 2002. Gewähr für die Ernennung bietet: Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 34/1, S. 12531 vom Februar 1997 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-825X.00026) Für die Ablösung ist sicher die Parlamentswahlen in Gambia 2002 der korrekte Zeitpunkt, siehe https://allafrica.com/stories/200201310434.html (31. Januar 2002): Mrs, Melinda Bidwell as new deputy Speaker, succeeding […] Mrs. Cecilia Cole
3. Web site: 2014-02-25 . allAfrica.com: Gambia: The Life of Bishop Johnson . 2022-01-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140225180922/http://allafrica.com/stories/201402250677.html . 25 February 2014 . dead.