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'''Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh''', better known as Yahya Jammeh (born May 25, 1965) is a Gambian military and politician. He was President of the Republic of the Gambia from July 22, 1994, to January 18, 2017. During his long and controversial term, he was accused of numerous human rights violations, restricting press freedom, and violently repressing to the LGBT community.

On January 19 and 20, 2017, he served as "de facto" president, refusing to cede power to the new president, Adama Barrow, who had defeated him in the 2016 presidential elections, who had to take office in exile. After hours of negotiation and in the face of international pressure and the threat of a military intervention to evict him by ECOWAS, he announced his decision to step down from power in a statement released on January 21. That same day at night he left the Gambia to go into exile to Equatorial Guinea via Guinea.

On January 19 and 20, 2017, he served as "de facto" president, refusing to cede power to the new president, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adama_Barrow Adama Barrow], who had defeated him in the 2016 presidential elections, who had to take office in exile. After hours of negotiation and in the face of international pressure and the threat of a military intervention to evict him by ECOWAS, he announced his decision to step down from power in a statement released on January 21. That same day at night he left the Gambia to go into exile to Equatorial Guinea via Guinea.

== Biography ==

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 '''Yahya Abdul-Aziz Jemus Junkung Jammeh''', better known as Yahya Jammeh (born May 25, 1965) is a Gambian military and politician. He was President of the Republic of the Gambia from July 22, 1994, to January 18, 2017. During his long and controversial term, he was accused of numerous human rights violations, restricting press freedom, and violently repressing to the LGBT community.
-On January 19 and 20, 2017, he served as "de facto" president, refusing to cede power to the new president, Adama Barrow, who had defeated him in the 2016 presidential elections, who had to take office in exile. After hours of negotiation and in the face of international pressure and the threat of a military intervention to evict him by ECOWAS, he announced his decision to step down from power in a statement released on January 21. That same day at night he left the Gambia to go into exile to Equatorial Guinea via Guinea.
+On January 19 and 20, 2017, he served as "de facto" president, refusing to cede power to the new president, [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adama_Barrow Adama Barrow], who had defeated him in the 2016 presidential elections, who had to take office in exile. After hours of negotiation and in the face of international pressure and the threat of a military intervention to evict him by ECOWAS, he announced his decision to step down from power in a statement released on January 21. That same day at night he left the Gambia to go into exile to Equatorial Guinea via Guinea.
 == Biography ==