Daniel Kwelagobe

His Honour
Daniel Keatametse Kwelagobe
President Mokgweetsi Masisi
Minister for Presidential Affairs
President Quett Masire
Festus Mogae
Ian Khama
Mokgweetsi Masisi
Chairman of the Botswana Democratic Party
President Ian Khama
Personal details
Born Daniel Keatametse Kwelagobe
(1943-09-01) 1 September 1943
Political party Botswana Democratic Party

Daniel Keatametse Kwelagobe (born September 1, 1943) is the current Chairman of the Botswana Democratic Party and previously served as Minister for Presidential Affairs on two occasions.[1] He attended Gaborone Secondary School, and from 1968 followed a career in radio and journalism before beginning his political career when joining the Party and becoming the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of State for Public Service, Information and Broadcasting, as well as serving as the minister for transport, communications, agriculture and housing in his career.

Kwelagobe was the Deputy Secretary General of the Party until becoming the General Secretary in 1981, and was the Minister of Labour and Home Affairs from 2000 until 2002.[2] He also served as the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration until President Ian Khama dismissed him in April 2009.[3]

Notes

  1. ↑ "Mr Daniel Kwelagobe". Africa Confidential. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  2. ↑ "Hon. Minister Daniel Kwelagobe's PROFILE". UK Parliament Offices. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  3. ↑ Raditsebe, Keletso (7 April 2009). "Botswana: Cabinet minister dropped". Africa News. Retrieved 19 December 2010.

References

  • Ditshego, Sam (October 18, 2009). "Botswana Constitution; what's next?". Sunday Standard. Retrieved 2009-10-18.
  • "Botswana ruling party wins poll". BBC News. October 18, 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-18.


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