Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang

She was the first woman to be elected to the Gambian National Assembly, when she won the seat of Northern Kombo for the People's Progressive Party.

She was part of People's Progressive Party and later the Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction.

From 2006 until her death in 2015, she served as the Director of GAMCOTRAP, working for women's empowerment.

[3] Sanneh-Bojang won the parliamentary elections in 1982 when she was a candidate of People's Progressive Party (PPP).

[5] She was named Member of Parliament by Jammeh under the candidacy of Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction party.