The following is a list of rulers of
baNgwaketse, a territory located in present-day
Botswana
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Kgôsikgolo = ''Paramount Chief''
(Dates in italics indicate ''de facto ''continuation of office)
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1750 to 1770, ,
Mongala a Makaba,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1770 to 1790, ,
Moleta a Mongala
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Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1790 to ''1817'', ,
Makaba II a Moleta ''Rramaomana'',
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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''1817'' to 1824, ,
Makaba II a Moleta ''Rramaomana'',
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1824 to 1844, ,
Sebêgô a Makaba,
acting Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1844 to 1857, ,
Senthufe a Sebêgô,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1817 to 1822, ,
Tshosaa Makaba,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1822 to 1845, ,
Segotshane a Makaba,
acting Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1845 to ''1857'', ,
Gaseitsiwe a Tshosa,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
Becoming Paramount Chief of re-united baNgwaketse
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''1857'' to July 1889, ,
Gaseitsiwe a Tshosa,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1889 to 1 July 1910, ,
Bathoen I a Gaseitsiwe,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1910 to 1916, ,
Seêpapitsô III a Bathoen,
Kgôsikgolo, ,
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1916 to 1918, ,
Kgosimotse a Gaseitsiwe,
acting Kgôsikgolo , ,
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1918 to 1919, ,
Malope a Makaba,
acting Kgôsikgolo , ,
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1919 to 1923, ,
Tshosa Sebêgô a Keemanao,
acting Kgôsikgolo , ,
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1923 to 1924, ,
Gagoangwe a Setshele,
acting Kgôsikgolo, , ♀
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1924 to 1928, ,
Ntebogang a Bathoen,
acting Kgôsikgolo, , ♀
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1928 to 1 July 1969, ,
Bathoen II a Seêpapitsô,
Kgôsikgolo
( Bathoen Seepapitso Gaseitsiwe), ,
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1969 to 1973, ,
Seêpapitsô IV a Bathoen,
Kgôsikgolo
( Seepapitso Bathoen Gaseitsiwe), ,
1st Term
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1973 to 19??, ,
Mookgami a Seêpapitsô,
acting Kgôsikgolo
( Mookgami Gaseitsiwe), ,
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19?? to 2010, ,
Seêpapitsô IV a Bathoen,
Kgôsikgolo
( Seepapitso Bathoen Gaseitsiwe), ,
2nd Term
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, October 2011 to present
, Malope II , Kgosikgolo
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Sources
*http://www.rulers.org/botstrad.html
See also
*
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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Heads of state of Botswana
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The president is elected to a five-year ...
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Heads of government of Botswana
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Colonial heads of Botswana (Bechuanaland)
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List of Rulers of Balete (baMalete)
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Kgôsikgo ...
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Rulers of Bangwato (bamaNgwato)
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Kgôsikgolo = ''Paramount Chief''
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Kgôsikgolo = ''Paramount Chief''
See also
*Botswana
**Heads of state of Botswana
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