<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gambia" id="mw2g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="The Gambia">The Gambia</a> becomes a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic" id="mw2w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Republic">republic</a> within the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_Nations" id="mw3A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of Nations">Commonwealth of Nations</a>, with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawda_Jawara" id="mw3Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Dawda Jawara">Dawda Jawara</a> as its first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_Gambia" id="mw3g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="President of the Gambia">President</a>.