Ruler · 1925 – 2017

Quett Masire

Lived 1925 – 2017; politician. President of Botswana (Botswana), 1980 – 1998.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the reign.

Lived: 1925 – 2017; 92 years
In office: 18 years; one reign
Lines: 1; Botswana
Left it: resigned; the ruler's own article

President of Botswana

Botswana · the 2nd of 6 dated reigns · 1966 – 2024

Seretse Khama1966 – 1980

Quett Masire1980 – 1998

Festus Mogae1998 – 2008

Ian Khama2008 – 2018

Mokgweetsi Masisi2018 – …

1 after

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 1980 – 1998 · 18 years · came to it aged 55

Came to it: elected
Left it: resignedread from the ruler's own article

Five days after Khama's death, Masire was elected as president by secret ballot at the National Assembly on 18 July 1980.

He stepped down in 1998 and was succeeded by Vice-President Festus Mogae, who became the third president of Botswana.

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