Maba Jobe

Maba Jobe ( b. 1964 in Farafenni ) is a Gambian politician who served briefly as foreign minister of the West African state.

Life

Jobe 's father played in the history of the Gambia a role, such as historical documents show. It was he who in 1965 brought down the Union Jack to Gambia's independence and in a solemn ceremony, the red, white, blue, white and green flag of Gambia had hoisted.

Jobe was in the 1990s, an officer in the armed forces of the Gambia, which he joined in 1984. He reached the rank of Major in his military career. In July 1992, he resigned from the army and in October of the same year the diplomatic service in a. He was the first officer of The Gambian police and the Gambia National Army.

First, he was deputy high commissioner in London, until he was appointed in 1996 as High Commissioner in Nigeria. He resigned after five years in 2001 by this office.

On 19 October 2006 he was announced as part of a cabinet reshuffle as the new Foreign Minister of Gambia. The appointment but was declared on 25 October of Jammeh void and instead Bala Garba - Jahumpa assigned to the department of the Foreign Ministry.

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