Ketumile Quett Joni Masire, GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998...

political figure from Botswana, wife of Quett Masire Quett Masire (1925–2017), second President of Botswana Tebogo Masire, commander of the Botswana Defence...

primarily shaped by two of its founders, Sir Seretse Khama and Quett Ketumile Masire. Traditional Setswana communities make up the party's base, which...

campaign during the first general election. Led by Seretse Khama and Quett Masire, the party campaigned in almost every village in the protectorate. Unlike...

first government, and continued winning elections every five years. Quett Masire became president following Khama's death in 1980, and the BDP was enveloped...

as President until his death in 1980, and was succeeded in office by Quett Masire. His son, Ian Khama, served as Botswana's fourth president from 2008...

served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998 and was re-elected in October 2004; after ten years...

Island. She was married to the late former President of Botswana Quett Ketumile Masire in 1958 and had six children. Patron of the Special Olympics Botswana...

of President Quett Masire, it fueled political speculation about Khama. On 1 April 1998, when Vice-President Festus Mogae succeeded Masire as President...

opened in the 1920s. Former Vice-President and 2nd President of Botswana, Quett Masire was born in Kanye on 24 July 1926 and was buried in his home village...

that runs concurrently with the term of the National Assembly. In 1997, Quett Masire created the Botswana presidential term limit. The tenure of presidency...

the sitting vice-president, Quett Masire, who was elected in his own right in 1984 and re-elected in 1989 and 1994. Masire retired from office in 1998...

who had travelled from Natal, as well as Botswana's then-President Quett Masire (with political acumen, the director had arranged for the first performance...

Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) government, led by Seretse Khama and Quett Masire, during the first two decades of the African country's independence....

August 1988, a British Aerospace 125-800 transporting Botswana President Quett Masire was struck by a missile launched by a nearby Angolan Mig-23, apparently...

in Botswana. President: Seretse Khama (1966–1980) Quett Masire (1980–1998) Vice President Quett Masire (1966–1980) Lenyeletse Seretse (1980–1983) Peter...

happen in October. Each president is limited to two five-year terms; Quett Masire, the second president, created Botswana’s term limit in 1997. The country...

placate his fellow Northerners following the assumption of Southerner Quett Masire to the Presidency. In 1937, Lenyeletse was sent to undertake Secondary...

for a period of five years. It followed the death of former President Quett Masire, who served as the Chancellor until he died on 22 June 2017. On 1 April...

policy issues with these leaders. The initial members were Václav Havel, Quett Masire, and Aníbal Cavaco Silva. Since its establishment in 2004, GLF's engagements...

tribe of South Africa Lucas Mangope, former President of Bophutatswana Quett Masire, second President of Botswana Mokgweetsi Masisi, President of Botswana...

lists events that happened during the 1990s in Botswana. President: Quett Masire (1980–1998) Festus Mogae (1998–2008) Vice President Peter Mmusi (1983–1992)...

Election Winner 1965 election Quett Masire 1969 election Bathoen Gaseitsiwe 1974 election 1979 election 2004 election Omphitlhetse Maswabi 2009 election...

Genocide report prepared by a panel headed by former Botswana president Quett Masire for the Organisation of African Unity, which later became the African...

Seretse Khama in 1980, the 1984 elections were the first contested with Quett Masire as leader of the BDP. The 34 elected members of the National Assembly...

effective and well-respected force, President Quett Masire decided to entice him into politics in 1989. Masire viewed Merafhe as a potential successor, but...

Member of Parliament for Boteti Incumbent Assumed office 1999 President Quett Masire Festus Mogae Ian Khama Mokgweetsi Masisi Minister of Local Government...

Khama to select a hymn that was "unique to Botswana". Khama's deputy Quett Masire recalled how the future president wanted an anthem that was enduring...

2017 – Mao Kobayashi, Japanese newscaster and actress (b. 1982) 2017 – Quett Masire, Botswanan politician (b. 1926) 2018 – Vinnie Paul, American musician...

Conference. 13 July – Seretse Khama dies. He is succeeded as president by Quett Masire.: 41  1981 – A drought in Southern Africa begins, destroying approximately...