Archibald Mooketsa Mogwe (29 August 1921 – 25 February 2021) was a politician and diplomat in
Botswana
Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label= Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalaha ...
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A
member of parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...
from
Kanye, Mogwe served as the
Foreign Minister from 1974 to 1984, and as the Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs from 1985 to 1994, before serving as Ambassador to the United States.
He was appointed to the latter post on 13 November 1995 and presented his credentials on 6 February 1996. Mogwe also played an important role as a facilitator in the Inter-Congolese Dialogue. Early on, he made his mark as the first Permanent Secretary to the Office of President Sir
Seretse Khama
Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980.
Born into an influential royal fa ...
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With his first wife Lena Mosele Senakhomo (d. 1992) he had three children, daughter, Maleta Luna-Rosa Mogwe (b. 1954)(whom was married to the son of Rev. Albert Alfred Frank Lock, the second
nd longest servingSpeaker of the National Assembly in Botswana and a missionary for the LMS); son, Hugh Lehlohonolo Moabi Mogwe (b. 1956 d. 2012); and daughter
Alice Mogwe (b. 1961). From 1997 until her death in 2020, Mogwe was married to Botswana’s first female professor,
Serara Selelo-Mogwe
Serara Segarona Selelo-Mogwe (1927 – September 2, 2020), also known as Serara Kupe-Mogwe, was a pioneering nurse and academic in Botswana. After serving as the country's first black, female chief nursing officer, she became the first Motswana wom ...
. Mogwe has six granddaughters, one grandson and two great-grandchildren.
He died on February 25, 2021 at the age of 99.
Honours
* Awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) on the eve of Botswana's independence in 1966
References
1921 births
2021 deaths
Ambassadors of Botswana to the United States
Botswana diplomats
Foreign Ministers of Botswana
Government ministers of Botswana
Members of the National Assembly (Botswana)
People from Kanye, Botswana
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