10 Facts About Fabakary Jatta

Fabakary Tombong Jatta was born on 16 November 1952 and is a Gambian politician who has served as Speaker of the National Assembly since 2022 and the leader of the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction since 2017.

Fabakary Jatta was educated at Armitage High School and Yundum College.

Fabakary Jatta later worked as a teacher in Bansang from 1973 to 1977 and at Crab Island Junior Secondary School, Banjul from 1977 to 1979, before joining Nigeria Airways, where he became the district accountant.

Fabakary Jatta joined the APRC party on its establishment in 1996.

Fabakary Jatta was elected as the National Assembly Member for Serekunda East in the 1997 parliamentary election and was re-elected in 2002,2007 and 2012.

Fabakary Jatta was chosen as the National Assembly Majority Leader by President Yahya Jammeh following the 2007 election.

In 2010, Fabakary Jatta was the principal nominator of Abdoulie Bojang for the position of Speaker.

In February 2016, it was announced that Fabakary Jatta was one of four Gambian parliamentarians appointed to the Economic Community of West African States Parliament.

Fabakary Jatta retired as a NAM at the 2017 parliamentary election but became the new APRC party leader instead after the self-exile of former leader Yahya Jammeh.

Fabakary Jatta raised some questions over the conduct of the 2017 election, pointing to irregularities in the conduct of the election and suggesting that some APRC supporters were harassed.