Awards and Honors
In May 2004, he is honored with the Honorary Doctorate by the St. Mary's College of Maryland as a mark of respect on his visit to the said Institution.
In 2008 he received awards for the pursuit of peace from the International Parliament for Safety and Peace (IPSP) in Palermo, Italy. The IPSP also helped arrange for Jammeh to receive the honorary titles of Kentucky colonel and Nebraska Admiral
Jennifer Rae Hein, a spokeswoman for the Governor of Nebraska, acknowledged that Jammeh was granted an admiralship in the Nebraska Navy, but later stated "We regret that this individual has attempted to embellish a certificate for a Nebraska admiralship, claiming that it was a high honor bestowed upon him by the governor, when to the best of our knowledge, this person has no relationship with or ties to Nebraska. "
He received honorary doctorates from Universidad Empresarial de Costa Rica, Norman Academy, and National Taipei University of Technology.
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