Hamat Bah
| Hamat Bah | |
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| Minister of Tourism and Culture | |
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Assumed office 1 February 2017 |
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| President | Adama Barrow |
| Preceded by | Benjamin A. Roberts |
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National Assembly Member for Upper Saloum |
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In office 2 January 1997 – June 2005 |
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| Succeeded by | Sainey Mbaye |
| Leader of the National Reconciliation Party | |
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Assumed office 1996 |
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| Preceded by | Position established |
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Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah Upper Saloum, Central River Division, the Gambia |
| Political party | National Reconciliation Party |
| Other political affiliations |
NADD (2005–2006) United Front |
Hamat Ngai Kumba Bah is a Gambian politician who is the current Minister of Tourism and Culture in President Adama Barrow's cabinet. He is also the leader of the National Reconciliation Party (NRP) and has been a presidential candidate in 1996, 2001 and 2011. He was the National Assembly Member for Upper Saloum from 1997 to 2005.
Bah was born in Upper Saloum in the Central River Division. He worked as a teacher at the Gambia College before becoming a manager at Novotel Hotel in Kotu Strand.
Bah entered politics in 1996 when he stood as the newly-formed National Reconciliation Party's (NRP) candidate in the first president election since Yahya Jammeh's coup d'etat in 1994. He came third with 5.5% of the vote. In the 1997 parliamentary election, Bah was one of two NRP candidates to win seats, making them the third largest party. Bah, specifically, won the seat of Upper Saloum with 56.2% of the vote. He became a leading critic of the ruling Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction (APRC) in the National Assembly thereafter. In 2001, he contested the presidential election as the NRP's candidate, coming third with 7.8% of the vote. In the 2002 parliamentary election, he retained his seat of Upper Saloum.
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