Bathoen Gaseitsiwe

**Bathoen Seepapitso Gaseitsiwe** CBE  (18 May 1908-3 Oktoba 1990) wanda aka fi sani da **Bathoen II** kuma **B2** Motswana *kgosi* ne, masanin shari'a kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Shugaban Bangwaketse daga shekarun 1928 zuwa 1969. Ya riƙe muƙamin shugaban jam'iyyar Botswana National Front (BNF) daga shekarun 1966 zuwa 1985, jagoran 'yan adawa daga shekarun 1969 zuwa 1984 da kuma shugaban kotun ɗaukaka ƙara daga shekarun 1985 har zuwa rasuwarsa a shekarar 1990.  Ya wakilci mazaɓar Kanye ta kudu a majalisar wakilai ta ƙasa har sau uku a jere. A matsayinsa na shugaban jam'iyyar BNF, jam'iyyar siyasa mafi girma ta biyu a lokacin, ya kasance babban mai adawa da gwamnatin Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) ƙarƙashin jagorancin Seretse Khama da Quett Masire, a cikin shekaru ashirin na farko na 'yancin kai na ƙasar Afirka.

## Tarihin Rayuwa
Ya yi karatu a makarantun gida, sannan aka tura shi Afirka ta Kudu daga shekarun 1919 zuwa 1927 don karatun sakandare a Tiger Kloof da Cibiyar Mishan ta Lovedale,  Bathoen II ya zama shugaban ƙabilar Bangwaketse a shekarar 1928. Ya yi aiki kafaɗa da kafaɗa da Tshekedi Khama, shugaban ƙabilar Bangwato a gwagwarmayar tabbatar da ikon ƙabilu a kan ikon mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya.  Ya kasance Babban Hakimin Ƙabila kuma Shugaban Majalisar Ba da Shawara ta Haɗin Kai.  A matsayinsa na abokin hamayyar Seretse Khama da BDP dinsa), Bathoen ya sanya hannu, ko da yake ba da son rai ba, yarjejeniyar tsara kundin tsarin mulki da 'yancin kai na kare Bechuanaland daga Birtaniya a watan Satumba na 1966.

Ba tare da jin daɗin abin da ya gani a matsayin rushe ikon ƙabilanci a ƙasar da kuma saurin Dimokuraɗiyya a ƙarƙashin mulkin Khama ba, Bathoen ya yi murabus daga muƙaminsa a ranar 1 ga watan Yuli 1969, bayan shekaru arba'in yana mulki kuma ya tsaya a matsayin ɗan takarar shugaban ƙasa na BNF a zaɓen 1969. Duk da cewa jam'iyyar BDP ta ci gaba da riƙe madafun iko a zaɓen kuma BNF ta tabbatar da cewa ta killace yankin Bathoen da ke kudancin ƙasar, Bathoen da kansa ya doke mataimakin shugaban ƙasa Quett Masire a mazaɓar Kanye ta Kudu da gagarumin rinjaye, inda ya kafa kansa a matsayin jagoran 'yan adawa a majalisar dokokin ƙasar.  

Bathoen ya ci gaba da zama Jagoran 'yan adawa kuma daga baya aka sake zaɓen shi a mazaɓar sa ta hanyar zabtarewar ƙasa a shekarar 1974 da 1979.  A cikin wannan lokaci, ya kasance cikin rigima mai ɗorewa kan shugabancin jam'iyyarsa da Kenneth Koma, wanda ya kafa jam'iyyar gurguzu kuma jigo a jam'iyyar gurguzu, wanda ya mayar da BNF zuwa gamayyar haɗaka tsakanin 'yan ƙabilar gargajiya da masu ra'ayin gurguzu. Domin galibin shugabancin Bathoen, jam'iyyun adawa sun tsinci kansu cikin ƙabilanci da yanki, ba su iya kafa wata babbar hamayya da jam'iyyar BDP. A ƙarshe dai Bathoen ya fice daga majalisar a shekarar 1984, inda ya share fagen zaɓen Koma a matsayin shugaban jam’iyyar adawa. An naɗa shi shugaban kotun ɗaukaka ƙara a shekara mai zuwa, muƙamin da ya riƙe har ya rasu.  Ya ci gaba da sukar gwamnati da kuma shugabancin Koma na BNF, yana karfafa kafa jam'iyyar 'yanci ta Botswana (BFP) a ƙarshen shekarun 1980, kodayake bai jagoranci ta ba. Ya rasu a ranar 3 ga watan Oktoba, 1992, yana da shekaru 82.

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