- Bala Garba Jahumpa
Bala Garba Jahumpa (born
20 July 1958 inBanjul [http://www.statehouse.gm/cv/foreign.htm CV] (as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs) on Gambian government website.] ) is aGambia n politician and diplomat.Education
Jahumpa attended 2 high schools in Gambia from 1970 to 1975, then
Suffield Academy andVassar College in the U.S. from 1975 to 1980. He graduated from Vassar with a bachelor's degree inInternational Relations andPolitical Science . Later, from 1987 to 1989, Jahumpa attendedBirmingham University in theUnited Kingdom , where he received his master's degree in Development Administration.Political career
Jahumpa served as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs from 1994 to 1995. On
20 March 1995 he was named Minister of Trade, Industry and Employment, but on5 July 1995 he was again appointed as Minister of Finance and Economic Affairs, serving in that position until 1997. He was then DeputyHigh Commissioner of The Gambia in theUnited Kingdom from July 1997 to May 1999 and was Acting High Commissioner there from May 1999 to June 2001. After serving for a time as Ambassador toCuba , he became Secretary of State for Works, Construction and Infrastructure in October 2003. On26 October 2006 , PresidentYahya Jammeh revokedMaba Jobe 's appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and appointed Jahumpa in his place, with effect from the previous day. [ [http://www.thepoint.gm/headlines1321.htm "Maba Jobe’s Appointment Revoked"] , "The Point" (Gambia), October 26, 2006.] Jahumpa himself was replaced in this position byCrispin Grey-Johnson in mid-September 2007. [ [http://www.thepoint.gm/headlines2311.htm "Reshuffle Brings Four New Secretaries of State; Two Serving ones Re-deployed"] , "The Point" (Gambia), September 17, 2007.]Jahumpa was subsequently designated as Ambassador to
Venezuela . OnOctober 3 , he was brought in for questioning regarding a passport scam, along with several other officials at the Foreign Affairs Department. [Abba AS Gibba, [http://www.thepoint.gm/headlines2370.htm "Bala Garba Jahumpa, Batata Juwara, Bai Ousman Secka and Tijan Bah in Police Net"] , "The Point" (Gambia), October 5, 2007.] Although arrested, he was soon exonerated by the police. [Alhagie Mbye, [http://www.thepoint.gm/headlines2392.htm "Police Clear Bala Garba Jahumpa of Wrongdoing"] , "The Point" (Gambia), October 12, 2007.]References
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