Farimang Mamadi Singateh

Al Hajj Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh, GCMG (10 November 1912 – 19 May 1977) was the second and last Governor-General of the Gambia, representing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state. Succeeding Sir John Warburton Paul, who had previously been the last Governor of The Gambia before independence, Sir Farimang was the only Gambian citizen to hold that post, beginning in 1966. His wife Fanta Singhateh was the first Gambian woman to be First Lady.[1] When the country became a republic in 1970, the office was abolished, and the Prime Minister, Dauda (later Sir Dawda) Kairaba Jawara became an executive President.

Sir Farimang Mamadi Singhateh

GCMG
Governor-General of the Gambia
In office
9 February 1966 – 24 April 1970
MonarchElizabeth II
Prime MinisterSir Dawda Jawara
Preceded bySir John Paul
Succeeded byPosition abolished Sir Dawda Jawara as 1st. President of the Gambia
Personal details
Born10 November 1912
Died19 May 1977(1977-05-19) (aged 64)

Sir Farimang Singhateh was working as a dispenser/pharmacist in the Royal Victoria Hospital. He then moved on to have his own clinics in Soma and Farafeni before going into the private sector he spend time in Basse and Mansakonko serving those communities. While working in his FARAFENI Clinic is when he was appointed as the first black Governor-General by the Queen of the Gambia. Stories have been told that horses was his form of transportation in the early 1940s and 1950s as cars were not available at that time or era. He was an Ahmadi Muslim and ameer (president) of the Gambia's Ahmadiyya community. Singhateh refrained from any politics until his untimely death in 1977 and went back to his medical practice which was his first love and spent time with his children travelling to Kolda and Dakar visiting friends and family.[2] A street in the capital, Banjul, was named in his honour.

Preceded by
Sir John Warburton Paul		 Governor-General of the Gambia
1966–1970		 Succeeded by
Post abolished 
         Sir Dawda Jawara as 1st. President of the Gambia

References
  1. Hughes, Arnold, 1941- (2008). Historical dictionary of The Gambia. Perfect, David, 1960- (4th ed.). Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-5825-1. OCLC 212627111.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. Historical Dictionary of The Gambia, Arnold Hughes, David Perfect, Scarecrow Press, page 214



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