POLITICIAN

Seretse Khama

1921 - 1980

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Sir Seretse Goitsebeng Maphiri Khama, GCB, KBE (1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980) was a Botswana 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seretse Khama has received more than 2,878,304 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Seretse Khama is the 5,448th most popular politician (down from 3,381st 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 5,448 out of 19,576. Before him are Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Ar-Radi, Al-Mundhir of Córdoba, Margravine Louise Charlotte of Brandenburg, Ferdinand, Prince of Asturias, and Yaropolk II of Kiev. After him are Emperor Chong of Han, Julia Minor, Philip Prospero, Prince of Asturias, Alfonso IV of León, Bermudo I of Asturias, and Leonardo Loredan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Seretse Khama ranks 88. Before him are Countess Georgina von Wilczek, Angelica Rozeanu, Ágnes Keleti, Leonardo Sciascia, Gene Roddenberry, and Moacir Barbosa Nascimento. After him are Dirk Bogarde, Iris Apfel, Donna Reed, Shin Kyuk-ho, Stanley Ho, and Herta Bothe. Among people deceased in 1980, Seretse Khama ranks 67. Before him are Ian Curtis, Heinz Linge, Ludwig Guttmann, Filipp Golikov, Nadezhda Mandelstam, and Fabian von Schlabrendorff. After him are Winifred Wagner, Hugh Griffith, Tex Avery, Ernő Gerő, Salah al-Din al-Bitar, and Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr.

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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), Amantle Montsho (1983), Mpule Kwelagobe (1979), Letsile Tebogo (2003), Isaac Makwala (1985), Dipsy Selolwane (1978), Jerome Ramatlhakwane (1985), Nijel Amos (1994), 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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