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Ministry Of Foreign Affairs (Botswana)
Botswana's Ministry of International Relations is a department of the government of Botswana responsible for managing the country's diplomatic relations with other countries and international organizations. This mandate includes political, economic, and social/cultural relations. Departments * Department of Protocol and Consular Services * Department of Africa and the Middle East * Department of Asia and Pacific Affairs * Department of Multilateral Affairs * Department of Public Relations, Research and Information * Department of Europe and Americas * Department of Corporate Services * 23 Missions (Embassies/High Commissions and Consulates) abroad: Pretoria, Johannesburg, Windhoek, Maputo, Harare, Lusaka, Nairobi, Addis Ababa, Kuwait, Canberra, New Delhi, Beijing, Tokyo, Brussels, Berlin, Stockholm, Geneva, London, Washington DC, New York, Abuja, Brasilia and Paris. Foreign ministers of Botswana References International Relations Botswana Botswana, officially t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Ministry
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support, including consular services, for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entity is usually headed by a foreign minister or minister of foreign affairs (the title may vary, such as secretary of state who has the same functions). The foreign minister typically reports to the head of government (such as prime minister or president). Difference in titles In some nations, such as India, the foreign minister is referred to as the minister for external affairs; or others, such as Brazil and the states created from the former Soviet Union, call the position the minister of external relations. In the United States, the secretary of state is the member of the Cabinet who handles foreign relation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lemogang Kwape
Lemogang Kwape is a Botswana politician, who has served as Minister of Foreign Affairs since 2020. He was also MP for Kanye South. Ministerial roles * Minister of Health and Wellness (until 2020) * Minister of International Affairs and Cooperation (since 2020) References Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kwape, Lemogang 21st-century Botswana politicians Foreign ministers of Botswana Health ministers of Botswana Members of the National Assembly (Botswana) Place of birth missing (living people) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity Dow
Unity Dow ( Diswai; born 23 April 1959) is a Motswana lawyer, author, human rights activist and Member of Parliament for Kgatleng West since November 2024. She formerly served as a judge on the High Court of Botswana and in various Botswana government ministries. Born in Botswana to a seamstress and a farmer, who insisted on their children obtaining an education, Dow grew up in a traditional rural village before modernisation. She earned a law degree in 1983 from the University of Botswana and Swaziland, though her studies were completed in Swaziland and University of Edinburgh, Scotland, as Botswana had no law school at the time. After her graduation, Dow opened the first all-woman law firm in Botswana and in 1997 became the first woman to be appointed as a judge to the country's High Court. During her time in law, Dow was involved in three historic cases in Botswana. In 1990, she was the plaintiff in the landmark legal case, '' Unity Dow v Attorney-General'', which ende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unity Dow - PopTech 2011 - Camden Maine USA (cropped)
Unity is the state of being as one (either literally or figuratively). It may also refer to: Buildings * Unity Building, Oregon, Illinois, US; a historic building * Unity Building (Chicago), Illinois, US; a skyscraper * Unity Buildings, Liverpool, UK; two buildings in England * Unity Chapel, Wyoming, Wisconsin, US; a historic building * Unity Church (Mattoon, Illinois), US; a historic church * Unity Temple, Oak Park, Illinois, US; a Unitarian Universalist church Education * Unity Academy (other) * Unity College (other) * Unity School District (Wisconsin), an American school district * Unity University, an Ethiopian privately owned institute of higher learning Media and entertainment * ''Assassin's Creed Unity'', a 2014 action-adventure video game * Classical unities, three rules for drama described by Aristotle * "Unity", a 2006 episode of '' I Pity the Fool'' * "Unity" (comics), a crossover story line in the Valiant universe * ''Unity'' (film), a 2015 do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent T
Vincent (Latin: ''Vincentius'') is a masculine given name originating from the Roman name ''Vincentius'', which itself comes from the Latin verb ''vincere'', meaning "to conquer." People with the given name Artists *Vincent Apap (1909–2003), Maltese sculptor *Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Dutch Post-Impressionist painter * Vincent Munier (born 1976), French wildlife photographer Saints *Vincent of Saragossa (died 304), deacon and martyr, patron saint of Lisbon and Valencia * Vincent, Orontius, and Victor (died 305), martyrs who evangelized in the Pyrenees * Vincent of Digne (died 379), French bishop of Digne * Vincent of Lérins (died 445), Church father, Gallic author of early Christian writings * Vincent Madelgarius (died 677), Benedictine monk who established two monasteries in France * Vincent Ferrer (1350–1419), Valencian Dominican missionary and logician * Vincent de Paul (1581–1660), Catholic priest who served the poor * Vicente Liem de la Paz (Vincent Liem t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi
Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi is a Motswana journalist and politician who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of Botswana from 2014 until December 2018. She was appointed to the National Assembly of Botswana in 1999 as one of the four specially selected members and was re-elected in the 2004 general elections. Career Venson-Moitoi was the Minister of Works, Transport and Communications from 2001 to 2002 and Minister of Trade, Industry, Wildlife and Tourism from 2002 to 2004. She was appointed the Minister of Communications, Science, and Technology in 2004. In the 2009 cabinet, Venson-Moitoi was appointed Minister of Communications, Science and Technology, and later she was appointed Minister of Education. On 17 December 2018, Venson-Moitoi announced that she would contest the party presidency. President Mokgweetsi Masisi sacked her from Cabinet the following day. On 5 April 2019 she wrote a letter to Secretary General of the Botswana Democratic Party stating that she was withdrawi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phandu Skelemani
Phandu Tombola Chaka Skelemani (born 5 January 1945)CV at Ministry of Foreign Affairs website . is a Motswana politician who is the former speaker of the having served from 2018 to 2024. He served in the government of Botswana as |
Mompati Merafhe
Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe (6 June 1936 – 7 January 2015) was a Motswana politician who was Vice-President of Botswana from 2008 to 2012. He was a retired Lieutenant-General and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1994 to 2008. Biography Merafhe was born on 6 June in Serowe in 1936.Merafhe, M. S. (2015). ''The General: In the Service of My Country: the Autobiography of Mompati Sebogodi Merafhe''. Diamond Educational Publishers. After receiving his secondary education at Moeng College, Merafhe joined the then Bechuanaland Protectorate Police Force in 1960 and gradually rose through the ranks. In 1971 he became the commander of the Police Mobile Unit, becoming the first citizen to occupy such a position. When Botswana formed the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) in 1977, Merafhe was selected by President Sir Seretse Khama as its first commander at the rank of Major-General. He was elevated to Lieutenant-General in 1986. Merafhe was a widely-respected commander of the BDF, work ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
