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Parliament of Botswana is the supreme legislative authority. [3] The President of Botswana is Mokgweetsi Masisi, who assumed the Presidency on 1 April 2018. In October 2019, the 2019 general election was held which saw the return of the Botswana Democratic Party to the power with a majority of 19 seats in the 65 seat National Assembly.
11th Parliament of Botswana. This is a list of the members of the unicameral National Assembly of Botswana between 2014 and 2019. There were 63 seats in the assembly consisting of 57 MPs directly elected from constituencies, 4 specially elected MPs and 2 ex officio members; who were elected in the 2014 election. [1]
Following the Botswana Democratic Party's victory in the 2019 general election, President Mokgweetsi Masisi announced the formation of his second cabinet on 6 November 2019. [1] The cabinet was reformed in 2022 in what the government described as a rationalisation of responsibilities.
The National Assembly is the sole legislative body of Botswana 's unicameral Parliament, of which consists of the President and the National Assembly. [7] The House passes laws, provides ministers to form Cabinet, and supervises the work of government. It is also responsible for adopting the country's budgets.
BWP 53. 47 billion. Website. www.gov.bw. The Government of Botswana often abbreviated as GOB, is the union government created by the constitution of Botswana having the executive, parliament, and the judiciary. The Seat of the Government is located in Gaborone, Botswana. The government is led by the president (currently Mokgweetsi Masisi).
Politics of Botswana. Botswana is a parliamentary republic in which the President of Botswana is both head of state and head of government. The nation's politics are based heavily on British parliamentary politics and on traditional Batswana chiefdom. The legislature is made up of the unicameral National Assembly and the advisory body of tribal ...
Politics of Botswana. Elections in Botswana take place within the framework of a multi-party democracy and a parliamentary system. The National Assembly is mostly directly elected, and in turn elects the President and some of its own members. The Ntlo ya Dikgosi is a mixture of appointed, hereditary and indirectly elected members.
Mokgweetsi Eric Keabetswe Masisi (/ mɔːkˈweɪtsi /; born 21 July 1961) is a Botswana politician who is the fifth and current President of Botswana, serving since 2018. [4][1][5] He served as the 8th Vice President of Botswana from 12 November 2014 to 1 April 2018. He was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly for the Moshupa-Manyana ...