Ruler · 1961 – present

Mokgweetsi Masisi

Born 1961, living; politician. President of Botswana (Botswana), 2018 – ….

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Lived: since 1961; living
Lines: 1; Botswana
Left it: still in office

President of Botswana

Botswana · the 5th of 6 dated reigns · 1966 – 2024

1 before

Quett Masire1980 – 1998

Festus Mogae1998 – 2008

Ian Khama2008 – 2018

Mokgweetsi Masisi2018 – …

Duma Boko2024 – …

died in officeleft alive by a regular roadstill in officeending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 2018 – present · in office since 2018 · came to it aged 57

Came to it: elected
Ending: still in officenothing on record: the term is open and the state still stands

In October 2019, Masisi was re-elected president after the BDP faced the biggest threat to its unity in more than five decades, following Khama's move to the opposition, accusing Masisi of authoritarianism.

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