Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe

Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe, also sometimes Momodou Lamin Sidat Jobe (born July 24, 1944 in Bansang ) is a Gambian politician and diplomat. From 1998 to 2001 he was Foreign Minister .

Life

Jobe completed his university education in France, then he received his doctorate in 1976 from the University of Grenoble . He initially taught at the University of Dakar from 1974 to 1978 and from 1978 to 1980 at Howard University , Washington, DC, and then worked as Director of Culture for the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) from 1981 to 1996 and from 1996 to 1997.

From 1996 to 1998 he worked as an ambassador in the Gambian diplomatic service.

Jobe was a member of the Cabinet of Gambia from 19 January 1998 as the successor to Omar Njie as Foreign Minister . During this time he led an unsuccessful delegation to Guinea-Bissau to try to negotiate an agreement in the country's civil war , which broke out in 1998. He resigned from his post as Secretary of State on August 30, 2001 after British Deputy High Commissioner Bharat Joshi was expelled. He was replaced by Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne .

Jobe later became involved in promoting relations between the Gambia and the International Organization of Francophonie (Organization internationale de la Francophonie), to which the Gambia is now part. He was still an active supporter of Yahya Jammeh in the 2006 presidential election , but later turned against him. Jobe helped found the Gambia Consultative Council from his self-imposed exile in Sweden in 2013 and became its president. In January 2013, Jobe called on the military to forcibly topple Jammeh by force. He also criticized Mai Fatty , the leader of the Gambia Moral Congress . In September 2013 said Jobe, located Oppositionsgambier that behind the leader of the United Democratic Party , Ousainou Darboe should unite to Jammeh best to oust from office. Later, until shortly before 2017, he lived in exile in Senegal.

He was sent to France in May 2017 as the Adama Barrow government ambassador . At the end of August 2019, he was replaced by Ebrima O. Camara .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Index Sc-Sf. In: rulers.org. Retrieved September 7, 2019 .  
2. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Arnold Hughes, David Perfect: Historical dictionary of The Gambia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa; Vol. 109) . 4th ed. Scarecrow Press, Lanham, Md. 2008, ISBN 978-0-8108-5825-1 .
3. ↑ ^{a b} Pa Nderry Mbai: Gambia: Breaking News: Gambia's Former Foreign Minister Dr. Sedat Jobe Appointed Gambian Ambassador To France. In: freedomnewspaper.com. Retrieved May 10, 2017, September 8, 2019 (American English).  
4. ^ Tabora Bojang: Camara, Mballow, Kinteh, Conteh appointed ambassadors? In: standard.gm. September 5, 2019, Retrieved September 7, 2019 (American English).  

predecessor	Office	successor
Omar Njie	Foreign Minister of Gambia 1998–2001	Baboucarr-Blaise Jagne