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.
[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.