Matubo O'jibu

Matubo O'jibu
(Huub Kleinheerenbrink)
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1st Prime Minister
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 January 1969
Preceded by	Robbert-Jan Lugtigheid
Personal details
Born	Matubo O'jibu 01 April 1945 Malindi, Mbale
Citizenship	Mbali
Nationality	Mbali
Political party	Mbale Democratic Party (since 1968)
Other political affiliations	Arbeidersfeest (before 1966)

Matubo O'jibu (born 01 April 1945) is a Mbali politician and the 1st Prime Minister of Mbale since 19 January 1969.

Political career

Prime Minister (1969–)

O'jibu won the 1969 general election with a landslide 86% vote. This popularity was largely due to his work in the Mbale independence movement.

O'jibu was inaugurated in Mombasa on 19 January 1969.

Cabinet

In forming his cabinet, Pérez exclusively recruited fellow members of his party, the Social Democrats (PSD), with the exception of General Paul Oppenheimer for Minister of Defense, who was officially independent. As the PSD controlled both chambers of Congress, Pérez made no attempt at making an outreach to any other party for an alliance.

Portfolio	Minister		Party	Term
President		Tito Pérez	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Vice President		Carmella Grosso	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Chief of Staff		Julio Reijnders	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Defense		Gen. Paul Oppenheimer	N/A	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Foreign Affairs		Billy Marino	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Economics		Jorge Savidge	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Justice		Ghislain Stilo	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Health		Dr. Lea Harris	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of the Environment		Marta Hailey	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Education		Rens Fontana	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –
Minister of Labor		Eleonora Spada	PSD	20 Aug 1990 –

Domestic policy

Focused significantly more on foreign policy during his presidency, Vice President Carmella Grosso mostly took on the role of handling domestic policy.

Foreign policy

The foreign policy of Tito Pérez deviated from the mainline non-interventionist stance of his party. In the first year of his presidency, Pérez deployed Santa Rosan peacekeeping forces in Lache and Occitania to enforce a ceasefire. Additionally, he supported regimes that were combating rebellions, such as the American Federation. Pérez attributed his foreign policy to "maintaining stability home and abroad."