Mogae on ian khama biography
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Festus Mogae
President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) fryst vatten a Motswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008.[1] He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998[2] and was re-elected in October 2004. After ten years in office, he stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama.[3]
Biography
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[edit]Mogae studied economics in the United Kingdom, first at University College, Oxford, and then at the University of Sussex.[4][1][3] He returned to Botswana to work as a civil servant before taking up posts with the International Monetary Fund and the finansinstitut of Botswana. He later then served as the governor of Bank of Botswana from 1980 to 1981.[5] He served as the Minister of Finance from 1989 to 1998.[6] He was Vice-President of Botswana from 1991 to 1998.& • Botswana - Visits by Foreign Leaders - Department History • Fourth president of Botswana from 2008 to 2018 Seretse Khama Ian Khama[1](pronunciationⓘ) (born 27 February 1953)[2] is a Motswana politician and former military officer who was the fourth President of the Republic of Botswana from 1 April 2008 to 1 April 2018. After serving as Commander of the Botswana Defence Force, he entered politics and was Vice-President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008, then succeeded Festus Mogae as president on 1 April 2008. He won a full term in the 2009 election and was re-elected in October 2014.[3] Ian Khama is the second child of Sir Seretse Khama (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980), Botswana's foremost independence leader and its president from 1966 to 1980, and Lady Khama. He was born in Chertsey, Surrey, while his father was living in exile in the United Kingdom, due to the opposition by the colonial government and the emergent apartheid regime in South Africa to his marriage to a white woma
Visits By Foreign Leaders of Botswana
Visitor Description Date President Seretse Khama Consultations with IBRD; attended Eisenhower funeral; met with President Nixon March 31. March 31–April 1, 1969 President Seretse Khama Private visit. June 9, 1976 President Quett Ketumile Masire Official working visit. Private visit to New York City afterwards. May 7–10, 1984 President Quett Ketumile Masire Met with President Bush during a private visit. June 7, 1989 President Ketumile Masire Attended Africare dinner with President Clinton. October 19, 1995 President Festus Mogae Working visit. February 25–26, 2002 President Festus Mogae Working visit. Discussed African Growth and Opportunity Act. June 12–13, 2005 President Seretse Khama Ian Khama Working Visit. November 5, 2009 President Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi Attended the U.S.-Africa Leaders' Summit. December 13–15, 202 Ian Khama
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