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Festus Mogae
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| Festus Gontebanye Mogae | |
 Festus Mogae (left) with Former US Secretary of State Colin Powell |
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| Assumed office 01 April 1998 |
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| Vice President(s) | Seretse Ian Khama |
| Preceded by | Quett Masire |
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| Born | 21 August 1939 Serowe, Botswana |
| Political party | BDP |
| Spouse | Barbara Mogae |
| Children | Chedza Mogae |
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is the President of Botswana. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998, and was reelected in October 2004. He is a native Setswana language speaker, of Bamangwato people.
Mogae studied economics in the United Kingdom, first at the University of Sussex and then at the University of Oxford. He returned to Botswana to work as a civil servant before taking up posts with the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Botswana. He was vice-president of Botswana from 1992 to 1998.
Upon re-election, Mogae promised to tackle poverty and unemployment, as well as the spread of HIV-Aids, which he pledges to stop in Botswana by 2016.[1]
On July 14, 2007, Mogae said that he intended to resign nine months later, at which point he will be succeeded by Vice President Seretse Ian Khama.[2]
- ^ http://www.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14&Itemid=79
- ^ "Botswana's Mogae set to retire", AFP (IOL), July 15, 2007.
| Preceded by Peter Mmusi |
Vice-President of Botswana 1992–1998 |
Succeeded by Ian Khama |
| Preceded by Quett Masire |
President of Botswana 1998 – present |
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| Khama • Masire • Mogae |  |
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| Masire • Seretse • Mmusi • Mogae • Khama | |
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he'll be leaving his position as president in 2008