President of the Gambia

{{Short description|Head of state and head of government of The Gambia}}

{{Infobox official post

|post = President

|body = the
Republic of The Gambia

|flag = Flag of the President of The Gambia.svg

|flagsize = 125px

|flagcaption = Presidential Flag

|flagborder = yes

|insignia = Seal of the President of The Gambia.png

|insigniasize =

|insigniacaption = Presidential seal

|nativename =

|image = Adama Barrow - 2018 (39774084330) (cropped).jpg

|imagesize = 165px

|incumbent = Adama Barrow

|incumbentsince = 19 January 2017

|style =

|residence = State House, Banjul

|appointer =

|termlength = Five years,

| termlength_qualified = renewable

| constituting_instrument = Constitution of Gambia (1997)

|formation = {{start date and age|df=y|1970|4|24}}

|succession =

|inaugural = Dawda Jawara

|deputy = Vice-President of The Gambia

|salary = 65,000 USD annually{{cite web|url=http://www.africaranking.com/highest-paid-african-presidents/|title=Top 15 Highest Paid African Presidents 2017|date=15 December 2016}}

|website = {{URL|op.gov.gm/}}

}}

{{Politics of The Gambia}}

{{For|a list of officeholders|List of heads of state of the Gambia}}

The president of the Republic of the Gambia is the head of state and head of government of the Gambia. The president leads the executive branch of the government of the Gambia and is the commander-in-chief of the Gambia Armed Forces. The post was created in 1970, when the Gambia became a republic and has been held by three people: Dawda Jawara, who ruled from 1970 until 1994, Yahya Jammeh, who seized power in a bloodless coup that year and Adama Barrow, who defeated Jammeh in elections held in December 2016.Wiseman, John A. (2004) [https://books.google.com/books?id=jj4J-AXGDaQC&lpg=PA456 Africa South of the Sahara 2004 (33rd edition): The Gambia: Recent History], Europa Publications Ltd. p. 456.

As of 2021, there are no term limits for the president in the Constitution of the Gambia.{{cite web |last1=Cook |first1=Candace |last2=Siegle |first2=Joseph |title=Circumvention of Term Limits Weakens Governance in Africa |url=https://africacenter.org/spotlight/circumvention-of-term-limits-weakens-governance-in-africa/ |website=Africa Center for Strategic Studies}}