President of Botswana

The **President of the Republic of Botswana** is the head of state and the head of government of Botswana.

## List of Presidents

||Picture|Name (Birth–Death)|Term of office|Term of office|Political Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|||**Badimo**|<small>c. 1470</small>|||
|||**Phatle**||||
|||**Malete**||||
|||**Lesokwana**|<small>c. 1500</small>|||
|||**Mokgware**||||
|||**Digope**||||
|||**Dira**||||
|||**Mmusi**||||
|||**Maphalaola**|<small>c. 1600</small>|||
|||**Maoke**||||
|||**Mongatane**||||
|||**Maio**||||
|||**Kgomo**||||
|||**Mokgwa**|<small>c. 1700</small>|||
|||**Marumo**|_c. 1780_|_1780_||

### List of Presidents

|**No.**|style="width:80px;"|Picture|Name|colspan="2"|**Term of office**|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||Mosime|1680|1700||||
||Mothubane|1700|1700||||
||Mokgwa|1730|1750||||
||Taukbong|1750|1750||||
||Mongala a Makaba|1750|1780||||
||**Pôwê I a Marumo**|1780|1780||||
||Mokgôjwe a Pôwê|1780|1780||||
||**Mathiba a Moleta**|1780|1790||||
||Makaba II a Moleta|1790|1795||||
||**Khama I a Mathiba**|1795|1800||||
||Motswasele II|1800|1800||||
||Adam Kok I|1800|1820||||
||Andries Waterboer|1820|1852||||
||Nicolaas Waterboer|1852|1865||||
||Adam Kok III|1865|27 October 1871||||
||Joseph Millerd Orpen|27 October 1871|10 January 1873||||
||Richard Southey|10 January 1873|3 August 1875||||
||William Owen Lanyon|3 August 1875|March 1879||||
||James Rose Innes|March 1879|15 October 1880||||
||Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius|30 September 1881|13 July 1882||||
||Gerrit Jacobus van Niekerk Goshen|1882|1883||||
||Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius|1883|1885||||
|||**John Mackenzie**,|1884|January 1885|||
|||**Charles Warren**,|23 March 1885|24 September 1885|||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3"|Frederick Carrington|1885|1885||
|24 September 1885|30 September 1885||||||
|30 September 1885|23 October 1885||||||
|rowspan="2"|4||**Sidney** Godolphin Alexander **Shippard**,|23 October 1885|1895||
|1885|1892||||||
||Sechele I|1892|1892||||
||Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard|1892|1895||||
||**Khama III Boikanyo a Sekgoma**|1895|1895||||
|colspan="6"|(30 September 1885 to 16 November 1885) _Divided into **British Bechuanaland Crown Colony** (south) and **Bechuanaland Protectorate** (north)_||||||
|||**Francis** James **Newton**,|1895|1897|||
|||**Hamilton** John **Goold-Adams**,|1897|1901|||
|||**Ralph** Champneys **Williams**,|1901|1906|||
|||**Francis** William **Panzera**,|1906|1917|||
|||**Edward** Charles Frederick **Garraway**,|1917|1917|||
|||**James** Comyn **Macgregor**,|1917|1923|||
|||Sekgoma II a Kgama Leraraetsa|1923|1923|||
|||**Jules Ellenberger**,|1923|1928|||
|||Gorewang a Khamane, Chairman of the Council of Regency|<small>17 November 1925</small>|<small>19 January 1926</small>|||
|||**Rowland** Mortimer **Daniel**,|1928|1930|||
|||**Charles** Fernand **Rey**,|1930|1937|||
|||Tshekedi Khama|1933|1933|||
|||Serogola a Gagoitsege|1933|1933|||
|||**Charles** Noble **Arden-Clarke**,|1937|1942|||
|||**Aubrey** Denzil **Forsyth-Thompson**,|1942|1946|||
|||**Anthony Sillery**,|1946|1950|||
|||Seretse Khama|1950|1950|||
|||**Edward** Betham **Beetham**,|1950|1953|||
|||Keabôka Kgamane|1953|1953|||
|||**Martin** Osterfield **Wray**,|1953|1953|||
|||**William** Forbes **Mackenzie**,|1954|1959|||
|||**John** Redcliffe **Maud**,|1959|1960|||
|||Rrasebolai a Gorewang George|<small>13 May 1953</small>|<small>May 1964</small>|||
|||**Peter Fawcus**,|1960|1965|||
|||Leeapeetswe a Tshêkêdi|1965|1965|||
|||**Hugh** Selby **Norman-Walker**,|1965|30 September 1966|||

## Presidents of Botswana (1966–present)

|**No.**|style="width:80px;"|Picture|Name|Elected|colspan="2"|**Term of office**|Political Party|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||**Seretse Khama**|1965 1969 1974 1979|30 September 1966|13 July 1980|BDP|||
||Quett Masire||13 July 1980|13 July 1980|BDP|||
||**Quett Masire**|1984 1989 1994|13 July 1980|31 March 1998|BDP|||
||Lenyeletse Seretse||July 1980|3 January 1983|BDP|||
||Peter Mmusi||3 January 1983|8 March 1992|BDP|||
||Festus Mogae||9 March 1992|31 March 1998|BDP|||
||**Festus Mogae**|1999 2004|1 April 1998|1 April 2008|BDP|||
||Ian Khama||13 July 1998|1 April 2008|BDP|||
||**Ian Khama**|2009 2014|1 April 2008|1 April 2018|BDP|||
||Mompati Merafhe||1 April 2008|31 July 2012|BDP|||
||Ponatshego Kedikilwe||1 August 2012|12 November 2014|BDP|||
||Mokgweetsi Masisi||12 November 2014|1 April 2018|BDP|||
||**Mokgweetsi Masisi**|2019|1 April 2018|1 November 2024|BDP|||
||Slumber Tsogwane||4 April 2018|1 November 2024|BDP|||
||**Duma Boko**|2024|1 November 2024|_Incumbent_|UDC|||
||Ndaba Gaolathe||7 November 2024|Incumbent|AP|||

## Infobox (political post)

- **post**: President
- **body**: the
Republic of Botswana
- **insignia**: Flag of the President of Botswana.svg
- **insigniasize**: 125px
- **insigniacaption**: Presidential flag
- **nativename**: _Tautona wa Botswana_
- **image**: Duma Boko, 2019 elections (cropped).png
- **incumbent**: Duma Boko
- **incumbentsince**: 1 November 2024
- **style**: Mr. President
(informal)
 Excellency, His Excellency
(formal, diplomatic)
- **appointer**: Parliament of Botswana
- **termlength**: 5 years, renewable once
- **formation**: 30 September 1966
- **inaugural**: Seretse Khama
- **deputy**: Vice-President of Botswana
- **salary**: 65,760 USD annually