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  
PictureName
(Birth–Death)Term of officeTerm of officePolitical PartyBadimoc. 1470PhatleMaleteLesokwanac. 1500MokgwareDigopeDiraMmusiMaphalaolac. 1600MaokeMongataneMaioKgomoMokgwac. 1700Marumoc. 17801780

List of Presidents
No.PictureNameTerm of officeNotesMosime16801700Mothubane17001700Mokgwa17301750Taukbong17501750Mongala a Makaba17501780Pôwê I a Marumo17801780Mokgôjwe a Pôwê17801780Mathiba a Moleta17801790Makaba II a Moleta17901795Khama I a Mathiba17951800Motswasele II18001800Independent Griqua Kaptyns (1800–1871)Adam Kok I18001820Andries Waterboer18201852Nicolaas Waterboer18521865 Adam Kok III186527 October 1871British imperial rule (1871–1880)Joseph Millerd Orpen27 October 187110 January 1873Richard Southey10 January 18733 August 1875William Owen Lanyon3 August 1875March 1879James Rose InnesMarch 187915 October 1880State of Goshen1Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius30 September 188113 July 1882Stellaland2Gerrit Jacobus van Niekerk
Goshen18821883(1)Nicolaas Claudius Gey van Pittius18831885British Bechuanaland John Mackenzie, 1884 January 1885   Charles Warren, 23 March 1885 24 September 18853Frederick Carrington1885188524 September 1885 30 September 188530 September 1885 23 October 18854 Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard, 23 October 1885  1895188518925Sechele I  189218924Sidney Godolphin Alexander Shippard18921895Khama III Boikanyo a Sekgoma18951895(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 Leraraetsa19231923Jules Ellenberger, 1923 1928 Gorewang a Khamane, Chairman of the Council of Regency17 November 192519 January 1926Rowland Mortimer Daniel, 1928 1930 Charles Fernand Rey, 1930 1937 Tshekedi Khama19331933Serogola a Gagoitsege19331933Charles Noble Arden-Clarke, 1937 1942 Aubrey Denzil Forsyth-Thompson, 1942 1946 Anthony Sillery, 1946 1950 Seretse Khama19501950Edward Betham Beetham, 1950 1953 Keabôka Kgamane19531953Martin Osterfield Wray, 1953 1953 William Forbes Mackenzie, 1954 1959 John Redcliffe Maud,  1959 1960 Rrasebolai a Gorewang George13 May 1953May 1964Peter Fawcus, 1960 1965 Leeapeetswe a Tshêkêdi19651965Hugh Selby Norman-Walker, 1965 30 September 1966

 Presidents of Botswana (1966–present) 

No. Picture Name ElectedTerm of office Political Party  1 80px Seretse Khama 1965196919741979 30 September 1966  13 July 1980 BDP — 90px Quett Masire 13 July 1980  13 July 1980 BDP 2 80px Quett Masire 198419891994 13 July 1980  31 March 1998 BDP — 90px Lenyeletse Seretse July 1980  3 January 1983 BDP — 90px Peter Mmusi 3 January 1983  8 March 1992 BDP — 90px Festus Mogae 9 March 1992  31 March 1998 BDP  3 80px Festus Mogae 19992004 1 April 1998  1 April 2008 BDP — 90px Ian Khama 13 July 1998  1 April 2008 BDP  4 80px Ian Khama 20092014 1 April 2008  1 April 2018 BDP — 90px Mompati Merafhe 1 April 2008  31 July 2012 BDP  — 90px Ponatshego Kedikilwe 1 August 2012  12 November 2014 BDP  — 90px Mokgweetsi Masisi 12 November 2014  1 April 2018 BDP 580pxMokgweetsi Masisi2019 1 April 2018 1 November 2024BDP — 90px Slumber Tsogwane 4 April 2018  1 November 2024 BDP  680pxDuma Boko2024 1 November 2024 IncumbentUDC  — 90px Ndaba Gaolathe 7 November 2024  Incumbent AP

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