Alhaji Mustapha B. Wadda was a Gambian politician and doctor. He was the Speaker of the

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from 1997 to 2002. He was a member of the

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party. He attended medical school at the King's College Hospital Medical School, now called

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. He was married. Wadda died on 31 January 2010 at the Royal Victoria Teaching Hospital, Banjul, at the age of 79. He was laid to rest at the Bakau Cemetery.

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2010 deaths Alumni of King's College London Alliance for Patriotic Reorientation and Construction politicians Speakers of the National Assembly of the Gambia {{Gambia-politician-stub