Cecilia Cole

{{Short description|Gambian politician}}

{{Expand Portuguese|topic=bio|date=January 2022}}{{Infobox officeholder

| office = Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly of the Gambia

| termend = 2000

| termstart = 1997

| successor = Belinda Bidwell

| party = APRC

}}

Cecilia Cole (née Rendall; 1921 – 2 July 2006) was a Gambian politician who was a Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=4 July 2006|title=Gambia: Former Deputy Speaker Passes Away|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200607050609.html|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=All Africa}}

She was nominated to the Gambian parliament by President Yahya Jammeh in January 1997 and was the only female member of parliament in that legislature until 2002. She was also Deputy Speaker of Parliament during this period.Der genannte Zeitraum als stellvertretende Parlamentssprecherin variiert je nach Quelle: https://allafrica.com/stories/200607051175.html nennt 1997 is 2000, https://guide2womenleaders.com/Gambia_Parliament.htm nennt 1997 bis 2001; Jawara nennt 1998 bis 2002. Gewähr für die Ernennung bietet: Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series 34/1, S. 12531 vom Februar 1997 (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/1467-825X.00026) Für die Ablösung ist sicher die Parlamentswahlen in Gambia 2002 der korrekte Zeitpunkt, siehe https://allafrica.com/stories/200201310434.html (31. Januar 2002): Mrs, Melinda Bidwell as new deputy Speaker, succeeding […] Mrs. Cecilia Cole