National
Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
How it's filled
- In plain words
- Chosen by the Assembly from among its members
- Exact method
- Elected by the members of the National Assembly from among the nominated members (Constitution s.93(1)).
- Chosen by
- National Assembly of The Gambia
- Seats
- 1
Who holds it now
- Seedy SK Njie since April 2022 Report Source: assembly.gm, checked
Sources
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitution of The Gambia 1997 rev. 2004 (Constitute Project), read 2026-10-12: s.93(1) Speaker and Deputy Speaker elected from among the nominated members; s.125(1) Supreme Court of the Chief Justice and not fewer than four other Justices (seats_kind minimum). For: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
- constituteproject.org · checked Constitution of The Gambia 1996 rev. 2004 (Constitute), read 2026-10-12: sections 46, 63, 70, 73, 76, 88, 93, 100, 125-127, 138-139. Note: s.88 text there says 48 elected members; the Assembly has 53 constituencies today per assembly.gm. For: Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly
- assembly.gm · checked National Assembly of The Gambia, Members directory (assembly.gm/members, 3 pages), read 2026-10-12: members, constituencies, parties, positions, portraits. For: Seedy SK Njie, current term
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