List of high commissioners of the Gambia to the United Kingdom explained

Post:	High Commissioner
Body:	The Gambia to the United Kingdom
Incumbent:	Fatou Bensouda
Inaugural:	Louis Francis Valantine

The Gambian High Commissioner in London is the official representative of the Government in Banjul to the Government of the United Kingdom.

History

• In 2012 a proposal was made within the Commonwealth of Nations to address human rights, copyright and political corruption.
• Following the proposal, Kamalesh Sharma, Commonwealth Secretary General, met with Yahya Jammeh and other top officials.
• In late September 2013 the government of Yahya Jammeh realized that the Commonwealth is a neocolonial instrument and left it.
• The diplomatic representation of The Gambia in London changed from a High Commission to an embassy.
• The High Commissioner, Mrs. Harding presented her credentials as ambassador on October 23, 2013.
• The then Ambassador, Francis Blain, became High Commissioner on the 8 February 2018, as The Gambia returned to its membership of the Commonwealth under Adama Barrow, President of the Gambia.

List of representatives^[1]

Diplomatic accreditation	ambassador	Observations	List of heads of state of the Gambia	Prime Minister of the United Kingdom	Term end
	Louis Francis Valantine		John Paul (colonial administrator)	Harold Wilson
	Bocar Ousman Semega-Janneh	B. O. Semega Janneh born in London. On was mayor of Bathurst and appointed Ambassador to Senegal, residing in Dakar succeeding Alhajie Alieu Badara Njie^[2]	Dawda Jawara	Edward Heath
	Omar A. Secka	Chargé d'affaires, 2004 HC in Lagos Nigeria.	Dawda Jawara	Margaret Thatcher
	Abdullah Mamadu Kalifa Bojang	^[3]	Dawda Jawara	Margaret Thatcher
	Almad Tijan Sallah	Chargé d'affaires (* 1948)	Dawda Jawara	Margaret Thatcher
	Samuel Jonathan Okikiola Sarr	(*April 1921)	Dawda Jawara	Margaret Thatcher
	Horace Reginald Monday jr.	He was governor of the Central Bank of The Gambia.^[4]	Dawda Jawara	Margaret Thatcher
	Mohammadou N. Bobb	^[5]	Dawda Jawara	John Major
	John Paul Bojang	until August 2000 he was ambassador in Washington, October 1, 2004 till September 20, 2006 he was Gambian ambassador to China in Taipei.	Yahya Jammeh	Tony Blair
	Gibril Seman Joof	2006: The Gambia's ambassador to Senegal,^[6]	Yahya Jammeh	Tony Blair
	Tamsir Jallow	2006: The Gambia's ambassador to Senegal,^[7]	Yahya Jammeh	Tony Blair
	Elizabeth Ya Eli Harding - High Commissioner from 2007 to 2013, and ambassador from 2013 to 2017.		Yahya Jammeh	Gordon Brown
2018	Francis Blain - Ambassador from 2017 to 2018, and High Commissioner from 2018 to 2022		Yahya Jammeh	Theresa May
2023	Fatou Bensouda		Yahya Jammeh	Rishi Sunak

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Notes and References

1. http://www.gambiaembassy.org.uk/ Gambian embassy, London
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=spDE4xto-JQC&dq=Semega-Janneh+High+Commissioner&pg=PA47 Bocar Ousman Semega-Janneh
3. https://w2.vatican.va/content/john-paul-ii/pt/speeches/1982/july/documents/hf_jp-ii_spe_19820712_ambasciatore-gambia.html Abdullah Mamadu Kalifa Boygang
4. http://www.katespapermoney.co.uk/item.asp?ID=5637 Horace Reginald Monday jr.
5. http://internationaltaxtreaty.com/download/Sweden/DTC/Sweden-Gambia-DTC-Dec-1993.pdf Mohammadou N. Bobb
6. http://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2001/05/18/0284/00801.html Gibril Seman Joof
7. http://allafrica.com/stories/200611090456.html Tamsir Jallow Presents Credence