Joseph Henry Joof (born 25 October 1960) is a Gambian lawyer, politician, and writer. He attended

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from 1981 to 1985. From 1998 to 2001, he served as president of the

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, and later as

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and Minister of Justice of the Gambia from 2001 to 2003.

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