Belinda Bidwell
Nyimasata Sanneh-Bojang | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of National Assembly | |
| In office March 2006 – January 2007 | |
| Preceded by | Sheriff Mustapha Dibba |
| Succeeded by | Fatoumata Jahumpa Ceesay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 April 1936 |
| Died | 28 April 2007 (aged 71) |
| Party | Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction |
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Belinda Bidwell (22 April 1936 – 28 April 2007) was the first female speaker of the National Assembly of The Gambia. In 2002, Bidwell, who was previously a teacher, was nominated to serve in the National Assembly, and she became deputy speaker. In April 2006, following an attempted coup d'etat in March, Speaker Sheriff Mustapha Dibba was arrested and removed from his position for alleged involvement, and Bidwell became speaker.
Bidwell died of a heart attack in April 2007.