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Minister Of Finance (Botswana)
The Ministry of Finance is the Government of Botswana, Botswana government ministry which formulates financial and economic policies and oversees effective coordination of Government financial operations. , the minister is Peggy Serame. Current and previous Ministers Ministers of Finance of the Botswana since 1965: See also * Government of Botswana * Ministry of Transport and Communications (Botswana), Ministry of Transport and Communications References External links Official website {{Ministries of Botswana Government ministries of Botswana, Finance Ministries of finance, Botswana ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Government Of Botswana
The Government of Botswana often abbreviated as GOB, is the union government created by the constitution of Botswana having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. The Seat of the Government is located in Gaborone, Botswana. The government is led by the President of Botswana, president. Executive This section defines the executive branch including the President, Vice President, and Cabinet. The President The President is the chief executive of the state. The President is elected president by members of the National Assembly. These members state on the ballot who they would support for President if elected, and after election to the National Assembly vote for whomever they indicated they would elect as President. The President has the following requirements: (a) is a citizen of Botswana by birth or descent; (b) has attained the age of 30 years; and (c) is qualified to be elected as a Member of the National Assembly. The President's term is limited up to 10 years, or h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Mmusi
Peter Simako Otlaadisang Mmusi (born 16 May 1929, died October 1994) was the Vice-President of Botswana from 3 January 1983 until 1992. He also served as the Minister of Finance from 1980 to 1989, and as the Minister of Local Government and Lands. He was born in Mmankgodi in the Kweneng District. He resigned following a Presidential Commission which identified him as taking part in illegal land dealings outside Gaborone Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534, .... New African, July/August 2000 References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ministry Of Transport And Communications (Botswana)
The Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) is a government ministry of Botswana. History It was previously known as Ministry of Works and Transport (Botswana). See also * Ministry of Finance (Botswana) References External links Ministry of Transport and Communications (MTC) Transport and Communications Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ... Transport organisations based in Botswana {{Botswana-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thapelo Matsheka
Thapelo Matsheka is a Motswana politician and economist who served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development from November 2019 to April 2021. He was elected as the Member of the National Assembly for Lobatse in October 2019. He is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party. Matsheka is the former Managing Director of Fiducia Services. Career Matsheka holds a Phd in economics from the University of Kent. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency, the government’s entrepreneurship scheme, from 2003 to 2010. He then worked for AON Botswana before resigning to form Fiducia Services in August 2017. For the 2019 general election, Matsheka was the Botswana Democratic Party's parliamentary candidate for Lobatse. He was elected and succeeded Sadique Kebonang. President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed him as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development on 6 November 2019, and he took office on the same day. He delivered his first budge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Matambo
Ontefetse Kenneth Matambo is a Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ... politician and economist. He served as the minister of finance and economic planning of Botswana from 1 August 2009 until 2019 when he left office. References Living people Finance ministers of Botswana Year of birth missing (living people) Botswana economists {{Botswana-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ponatshego Kedikilwe
Ponatshego Honorius Kefaeng Kedikilwe (born 7 July 1938) is a Motswana politician who was Vice-President of Botswana from 2012 to 2014. A member of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), he has also served as Minister of Minerals, Energy, and Water Resources since 2007. Career Mr Kedikilwe was inaugurated as the founding Vice Chancellor of Botswana Open University (BOU) which was previously Botswana College of Open and Distance Learning (BOCODOL) in 2018. He was also a board member for Sefalana Holdings, joining them in 2014, later becoming the board's chairperson. He retired from the position in 2020. Political career Kedikilwe was educated at the Kikuyu College of Social Studies, the University of East Africa, Nairobi 1963–64; University of Rochester, NY 1964–65; University of Connecticut 1965–68; Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. He was first elected to the National Assembly as the Member of Parliament for Mmadinare and serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Festus Mogae
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Motswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004. After ten years in office, he stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama. Biography Early life Mogae studied economics in the United Kingdom, first at University College, Oxford, and then at the University of Sussex. He returned to Botswana to work as a civil servant before taking up posts with the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Botswana. He later then served as the governor of Bank of Botswana from 1980 to 1981. He served as the Minister of Finance from 1989 to 1998. He was Vice-President of Botswana from 1991 to 1998. Presidency Mogae's party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), retained power in the October 1999 general election, and Mogae was sworn in for a five-year term on 20 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James G
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', U ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaborone
Gaborone ( , , ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Botswana, largest city of Botswana, with a population of 246,325 based on the 2022 census, about 10% of the total population of Botswana. Its metropolitan area is home to 534,842 inhabitants at the 2022 census. Gaborone is situated between Kgale Hill and Oodi Hill, near the confluence of the Notwane River and Segoditshane River in the southeastern corner of Botswana, within from the South African border. The city is served by the Sir Seretse Khama International Airport. It is an administrative district in its own right, but is the capital of the surrounding South-East District (Botswana), South-East District. Locals often refer to the city as ''GC or Motse-Mshate''. The city of Gaborone is named after Chief Gaborone of the Tlokwa people, who once controlled land nearby. Because it was not affiliated with any specific indigenous group and was close to fresh water, the city was New town, planned to be the capi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quett Masire
Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998. He was given an honorary knighthood of the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George by Queen Elizabeth II (GCMG) in 1991. He was a leading figure in the independence movement and then the new government, and played a crucial role in facilitating and protecting Botswana's steady financial growth and development. He stepped down in 1998 and was succeeded by Vice-President Festus Mogae, who became the third president of Botswana. Early life Masire was born on 23 July 1925 in Kanye, Bechuanaland Protectorate, into a cattle-herding family to Gaipone (née Kgopo) and Joni Masire. He grew up at a time when there was not much economic activity in the country other than being a lowly-paid migrant labourers in the mines of apartheid South Africa. From an early age Masire set himself apart through academic achievement. After g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Motlatsi Segokgo
Motlatsi Keseabetwe Segokgo (1928–1977) was a Motswana politician. He served as a member of the National Assembly of Botswana and the Cabinet of Botswana from their foundation in 1965 until he took his own life amid a corruption scandal in 1977. Biography Motlatsi Keseabetwe Segokgo was born in Tlokweng, Bechuanaland Protectorate, in 1928. He worked as a teacher, serving as head teacher of Batlokwa National School. He then moved from education to politics, joining the Bechuanaland Democratic Party. He was elected to the National Assembly of Botswana in 1965 to represent the Kgatleng and Tlokweng constituency. Segokgo was appointed Minister of Finance upon taking office in the 1st Parliament of Botswana. He was appointed Minister of Commerce, Industry, and Water Affairs in 1974 and then became the Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs in 1974. He was accused of corruption while in office, and President Seretse Khama Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
