Maba Jobe
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Maba Jahou Jobe (1 July 1965 – 12 July 2023) was a Gambian politician.
Biography
Maba Jahou Jobe was born in 1964,[1][2] in Bakau, where he was also raised.[3]
Jobe once served as an officer major and commander of the Gambian National Army until his appointment as assistant high commissioner to The Gambian embassy in the UK.[4] Jobe was high commissioner to Nigeria from 1996 to 2001.[2]
In a surprise move, President Yahya Jammeh dissolved the Gambian cabinet on 18 October 2006.[4] Jobe was appointed foreign minister for the new cabinet on 20 October, replacing Lamin Kaba Bajo.[4] Jammeh, however announced in a news broadcast on 25 October that he decided to revoke Jobe's ministership.[2]
Maba Jobe died on 12 July 2023.[5]
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