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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 .
t. e. The 2024 Botswana general election will be held on Wednesday, 30 October 2024, to determine the composition of the 13th Parliament of Botswana as well as local councils across the country. [a] Up for election are 61 seats of the National Assembly as well as 609 local council seats, all elected through the first-past-the-post voting system.
t. e. 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.
The 12th Parliament of Botswana was the meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Parliament of Botswana, with the membership determined by the results of the general election held on 23 October 2019. The legislature convened for the first time on 5 November 2019 and was dissolved on the 5th of September 2024.
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]
The 13th Parliament of Botswana is the forthcoming meeting of the National Assembly, the unicameral legislature of the Parliament of Botswana. Its membership will be determined by the results of the 2024 general election. The 13th Parliament will comprise 61 elected members, an increase of four members. This change stems from the 2022 seat ...
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 ...
Slumber Tsogwane (born 21 September 1960 [2]) is the current Vice President of Botswana and also Member of Parliament for Boteti West. He is the longest serving Member of Parliament of the 12th Parliament of Botswana. [3] He took office on 4 April 2018, succeeding Mokgweetsi Masisi. He is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party.