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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 transition from British rule into an independent nation. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Seretse Khama has received more than 2,782,130 page views. His biography is available in 46 different languages on Wikipedia. Seretse Khama is the 3,391st most popular politician (down from 2,226th 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 3,391 out of 15,577Before him are Herodes Atticus, Dionysius II of Syracuse, Halsten Stenkilsson, Eraric, Titus Quinctius Flamininus, and Carlos Hugo, Duke of Parma. After him are Choummaly Sayasone, Norodom Ranariddh, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Boleslaus I, Duke of Bohemia, Richard III, Duke of Normandy, and Servilia.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Seretse Khama ranks 56Before him are Paul Schäfer, Alida Valli, Jane Russell, James Jones, Sugar Ray Robinson, and Telmo Zarra. After him are Robert Bruce Merrifield, Alexandra of Yugoslavia, Viktor Kulikov, Gérard Debreu, Harald Quandt, and Zizinho. Among people deceased in 1980, Seretse Khama ranks 44Before him are William Howard Stein, Mae West, Alejo Carpentier, Marian Rejewski, Fritz Strassmann, and Vinicius de Moraes. After him are Ludwig Guttmann, Lewis Milestone, Kim Jae-gyu, John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Gustav Wagner, and Walter Dornberger.

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In Botswana

Among people born in Botswana, Seretse Khama ranks 1 out of 10After him are Quett Masire (1925), Festus Mogae (1939), Mokgweetsi Masisi (1961), Mpule Kwelagobe (1979), Isaac Makwala (1985), Amantle Montsho (1983), Dipsy Selolwane (1978), Nijel Amos (1994), and Baboloki Thebe (1997).

Among POLITICIANS In Botswana

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