Leadership & Public Service
Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe
Diplomat and international cultural official
1944–2025Momodou Lamin Sedat Jobe was a scholar and diplomat who taught at universities before working in UNESCO’s cultural programmes. He became The Gambia’s foreign minister in 1998 and later resigned after a dispute over the expulsion of a British diplomat. His public career connected education, international cultural cooperation and national diplomacy.
THEIR MARK ON HISTORY
01Was appointed foreign minister in January 1998.
02Worked in UNESCO cultural programmes after university teaching.
SOURCES & FURTHER READING01The Standard: obituary and career overview
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