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Seretse Khama

1921 - 1980

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Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Motswana politician who served as the first President of Botswana, a post he held from 1966 to his death in 1980. Born into an influential royal family of what was then the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, he was educated abroad in the neighbouring country of South Africa and then in the United Kingdom. While in Britain, he married an Englishwoman named Ruth Williams, a decision opposed by the white-minority government of South Africa and which led to a controversy resulting in the British government making him stay in England in exile so as to not sour U.K.-South African relations. After the end of his exile, Khama led his country's independence movement and the transition from British rule into an independent nation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Seretse Khama is the 4,932nd most popular politician (up from 5,447th in 2019), the most popular biography from Botswana and the most popular Motswana Politician.

Seretse Khama was the first president of Botswana. He is most famous for being the first president of Botswana.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Seretse Khama ranks 4,932 out of 19,576. Before him are Miguel Rodríguez Orejuela, Anawrahta, Władysław I Herman, Bohemond III of Antioch, Cardinal de Rohan, and Julia Livilla. After him are Leopold, Duke of Bavaria, Theobald II, Count of Champagne, Fruela I of Asturias, Halldór Ásgrímsson, Duke Wen of Jin, and Micipsa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Seretse Khama ranks 87. Before him are Viktor Kulikov, Donna Reed, Miklós Jancsó, James Clavell, Iris Apfel, and Thomas Schelling. After him are Giovanni Benelli, Louis Jourdan, Stanley Ho, Philippe de Gaulle, Herschel Grynszpan, and Mario Lanza. Among people deceased in 1980, Seretse Khama ranks 57. Before him are Mohammad Hatta, Fritz Strassmann, Yigal Allon, Heinz Linge, Ludwig Guttmann, and Patrick Depailler. After him are Vinicius de Moraes, Nadezhda Mandelstam, Stanisława Walasiewicz, Ernő Gerő, Shigemaru Takenokoshi, and Ian Curtis.

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In Botswana

Among people born in Botswana, Seretse Khama ranks 1 out of 12. After him are Festus Mogae (1939), Quett Masire (1925), Mokgweetsi Masisi (1961), Nijel Amos (1994), Mpule Kwelagobe (1979), Amantle Montsho (1983), Isaac Makwala (1985), Letsile Tebogo (2003), Dipsy Selolwane (1978), Jerome Ramatlhakwane (1985), and Baboloki Thebe (1997).

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Among POLITICIANS In Botswana

Among politicians born in Botswana, Seretse Khama ranks 1. After him are Festus Mogae (1939), Quett Masire (1925), and Mokgweetsi Masisi (1961).

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