(1939-08-21) 21 August 1939 (age 84) Serowe, Bechuanaland
Nationality
Botswana
Political party
Botswana Democratic Party
Spouse
Barbara Mogae
(m. 1967)
Children
3
Alma mater
University College, Oxford University of Sussex
Profession
Economist
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana 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]
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Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008....
and was Vice-President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008, then succeeded FestusMogae as President on 1 April 2008. He won a full term in the 2009 election...
is the wife of former President FestusMogae. Mogae was born Barbara Gemma Modise. She married her husband, FestusMogae, in 1967. The couple have three...
president on 1 April 1998, and he was succeeded by Vice-President FestusMogae. Mogae made the controversial decision to appoint Ian Khama, commander of...
good in 2034. The first president for whom the term limits applied was FestusMogae in 2008. The president is elected by the Members of the National Assembly...
development. He stepped down in 1998 and was succeeded by Vice-President FestusMogae, who became the third president of Botswana. Masire was born on 23 July...
1989 and 1994. Masire retired from office in 1998. He was succeeded by FestusMogae, who was elected in his own right in 1999 and re-elected in 2004. The...
the first time, with opposition candidates winning 17 out of 44 seats. FestusMogae served as the country's president between 1998 and 2008. He was awarded...
post by Former President FestusMogae, and the outcome was viewed as crucial, paving the way for Khama to eventually succeed Mogae as president during that...
they include musicians Scar, Zeus, and former President of Botswana, FestusMogae. TeachAids operates globally, with its software in use in more than 80...
Presidential Order of Honour (2004) from the former President of Botswana, FestusMogae, and an honorary fellowship (2009) from the London Business School. In...
(OAFLA). In 2012, the First Lady Salma Kikwete, former Botswana President FestusMogae and ten other African figures partnered with UNESCO and UNAIDS to support...
supplementary voter registration. On 27 August it was reported that President FestusMogae had set the election date for 16 October. However, announcing the date...
Khama, first president of Botswana, spent a year at Balliol College. FestusMogae (former president of Botswana) was a student at University College. The...
general elections in 1999. Tsogwane was appointed to cabinet in 2002, by FestusMogae becoming Assistant Minister of Finance and Development Planning under...
subsequently served as a minister in the governments of Quett Masire and FestusMogae. A representative of the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Nasha was elected...
UN High-Level Panel on Access to Medicines, led by Ruth Dreifuss and FestusMogae. In November 2015, Witty's leadership of GSK was criticised by Neil Woodford...
District. Twenty-eight years after Khama's death, his son Ian succeeded FestusMogae as the fourth president of Botswana; in the 2009 general election he...
general election, and served as an assistant minister in the government of FestusMogae from 1999 to 2004. She was deputy speaker from 2004 to 2008, and then...
Matthews, South African politician Joe Modise, South African politician FestusMogae, third President of Botswana Mogale Mogale, Chief of Bapo ba Mogale Mogoeng...
achievements. In 2008, FestusMogae, former leader of Botswana, won the Ibrahim Prize. Kofi Annan stated: "President Mogae's outstanding leadership has...
organization of African leaders led by former President of Botswana FestusMogae. In 2013, Kebede was named one of Glamour's Women of the Year for her...
in the 1990s. This factionalism persisted through the presidencies of FestusMogae from 1998 to 2008 and Ian Khama from 2008 to 2018. Khama's successor...
200 wood-saving stoves later that year. Former President of Botswana, FestusMogae promised to plant one million indigenous trees over four years, as part...
to speak to several people, including President FestusMogae and the airline's general manager. As Mogae was out of the country, arrangements were made...
allowed for the free movement of animals. On 12 May 2000, President FestusMogae of Botswana and President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa formally launched...
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