Anna Maria Mokgethi is a Motswana politician who served as the Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs from November 2019 to November 2024. She was the Member of Parliament for

Gaborone Bonnington North Gaborone Bonnington North is a constituency in Gaborone represented in the National Assembly of Botswana since 2024 Botswana general election, 2024 by the assistant Minister for State President, Maipelo Mophuting of the Umbrella for Democratic Ch ...

constituency from 2019–2024. Mokgethi is a member of the

Botswana Democratic Party The Botswana Democratic Party (Abbreviation, abbr. BDP, colloquially known as Domkrag) is a centre-right politics, centre-right political party in Botswana. From the country's 1965 Bechuanaland general election, inaugural election in 1965 until th ...

Political career

Mokgethi was originally a member of the

Botswana Congress Party The Botswana Congress Party (BCP) is a social democratic political party in Botswana. Founded in 1998 as a result of a split from the Botswana National Front (BNF), the party attracted most of the BNF's sitting MPs due to a leadership dispute i ...

, before she resigned to join the

. Ahead of the 2019 general election, she was selected as the BDP's candidate for Gaborone Bonnington North. She easily defeated opposition leader

Duma Boko Duma Gideon Boko (born 31 December 1969) is a Motswana politician and lawyer who is currently serving as the sixth President of Botswana since 1 November 2024 and as leader of the Umbrella for Democratic Change since 2012. He served as Leader of ...

on 23 October after she received 3,033 votes compared to Boko's 1,851 votes. She was sworn in as an MP on 5 November 2019. On 6 November 2019, president

Mokgweetsi Masisi Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (; born 21 July 1961) is a Motswana politician who served as the fifth president of Botswana from 2018 to 2024. He served as the eighth vice president of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was ...

appointed Mokgethi Minister of Nationality, Immigration and Gender Affairs. She was sworn in on the same day and succeeded Dorcas Makgato-Malesu.

Personal life

Her daughter, Sarona Motlhagodi, known professionally as Sasa Klaas, died on 6 March 2021 in a helicopter crash.

References

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