Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe (24 July 1944[1] – 6 April 2025) was the Gambian Foreign Minister from 1998 to August 2001. He lived in self-imposed exile in Sweden and was heading the pro-democracy Gambia Consultative Council, which was established in 2013.
Early life and education
Sedat Jobe was born on 24 July 1944 in
Career
When he was not working as a career diplomat, he taught at the
He returned to the Gambian diplomatic service as an ambassador at large between 1996 and 1998 and was appointed secretary of state for external affairs in January 1998. As foreign minister, Jobe tried to lead an unsuccessful delegation to Guinea-Bissau to try to negotiate a settlement to the country's civil war that erupted in 1998. He resigned in August 2001, following the expulsion of the deputy British high commissioner, Bharat Joshi.
He supported President Yahya Jammeh in the 2006 presidential election but later turned against him. In January 2013, he called for the military to overthrow Jammeh by force, while also strongly criticizing Mai Fatty, the leader of the Gambia Moral Congress.[2]
Death
He died in Dakar on 6 April 2025, at the age of 80.[3]
References
- ^ "Index Sc-Sf". Rulers.org. Retrieved 10 August 2008.
- ISBN 9781442265264.
- ^ Obituary: UDP Mourns the Passing of Dr. Sidat Jobe
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