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Pap (given Name)
Pap is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: * Pap of Armenia (353–374), Armenian king * Pap Saine Pap Saine is a Gambian editor and publisher of the English-language independent newspaper, '' The Point''. In 2010, the International Press Institute named him a World Press Freedom Hero for his work. Work with ''The Point'' On 16 December 199 ..., Gambian newspaper editor and publisher * Pap Cheyassin Secka (1942–2012), Gambian lawyer, politician, and Attorney General of the Gambia {{given name Masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pap Of Armenia
Pap ( – 374/375) was king of Armenia from 370 until 374/375, and a member of the Arsacid dynasty. His reign saw a short, but notable period of stabilization after years of political turmoil. Although Armenia had been conquered and devastated by the Sassanid king Shapur II in 367/368, Pap was restored to the throne at a young age with Roman assistance in 370. Early in his reign, Armenia and Rome won a joint victory over the Persians at the Battle of Bagavan, and some former territories of the kingdom were reconquered by the efforts of his (general-in-chief) Mushegh Mamikonian. Although Pap's reign began with a reconciliation of the monarchy, nobility and church, his relations with the church soon deteriorated. Pap allegedly had the Patriarch of Armenia, Nerses I, poisoned, although some later historians doubt this narrative. Pap also eventually ran afoul of the Romans, who suspected him of colluding with the Persians. The emperor Valens unsuccessfully attempted to assassina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pap Saine
Pap Saine is a Gambian editor and publisher of the English-language independent newspaper, '' The Point''. In 2010, the International Press Institute named him a World Press Freedom Hero for his work. Work with ''The Point'' On 16 December 1991, Pap Saine co-founded ''The Point'' along with Deyda Hydara and Babucarr Gaye; Hydara and Saine had been friends since childhood. Gaye resigned four months later, and Hydara and Saine ran the paper together for the next decade. Saine also worked as a Reuters correspondent for West Africa. On 14 December 2004, the Gambia passed two new media laws. One, the Criminal Code (Amendment) Bill 2004, allowed prison terms for defamation and sedition; the other, the Newspaper (Amendment) Bill 2004, required newspaper owners to purchase expensive operating licenses, registering their homes as security. Hydara announced his intent to challenge these laws, but on 16 December, was assassinated by an unknown gunman while driving home from work in Banju ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pap Cheyassin Secka
Pap Cheyassin Secka or Pap Cheyassin Ousman Secka (June 1942 – 29 March 2012) was a Gambian lawyer and politician. He was the Justice ministry, minister of justice and the former Attorney General of the Gambia. Life Pap Cheyassin Secka, more commonly known as Cheyassin Secka was born in the Gambia Colony and Protectorate in June 1942 by Ousman Secka and Neneh Jobarteh. His children include Oumie Secka and Ndondy Secka. He is the maternal nephew of the Gambian historian and politician Alhaji Alieu Ebrima Cham Joof. He was educated at the Methodist Boy's High School in colonial ''Bathurst'' now Banjul (the capital of the Gambia). By 1962, he became a qualified teacher and taught in the Gambia for many years before pursuing his education in the United States. He attended the Hall Academy in New Jersey in 1964 before proceeding to the American University in Washing D.C. where he obtained a BA in 1968 and an MA in 1969. It was in the United States where he first became active ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
