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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 ...
The Botswana Movement for Democracy (BMD) is a political party in Botswana, founded in 2010 by MPs and other politicians who parted ways with the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) due to differences with Ian Khama, the leader of the BDP and the President of Botswana at the time.
Botswana Democratic Party. The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP; Tswana: Phathi ya Tomokoraga) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and its symbol is a lift jack. The party has ruled Botswana continuously since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1966. [8]
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.
General elections were held in Botswana on 23 October 2019 to elect MPs and local government councillors. [1] Despite a high profile split in the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) in May 2019 when former President Ian Khama left the party and switched his support to the new Botswana Patriotic Front, the BDP's vote share increased to almost 53% as the party won 38 of the 57 elected seats ...
Botswana is a parliamentary republic governed by the Constitution of Botswana. [78] It is the longest uninterrupted democracy in Africa. [79] Its seat of government is in Gaborone. [80] Botswana's governing institutions were established after it became an independent nation in 1966.
Botswana Alliance Movement: BAM Progressivism: 1999-2010 Botswana Independence Party: BIP 1962-1994 Botswana Workers Front: BWF Nationalism Christian democracy: 1993-? MELS Movement of Botswana: MELS Communism Marxism–Leninism Anti-revisionism Pan-Africanism: 1994-2013 New Democratic Front: NDF Progressivism: 2003-2004
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).