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Ruth Williams Khama, Lady Khama (née Williams; 9 December 1923 – 22 May 2002) was the wife of Botswana's first president Sir Seretse Khama, the Paramount Chief of its Bamangwato tribe. She served as the inaugural First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980.
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. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ]
Ruth Williams Khama (1923 – 2002), wife of Seretse Khama, First Lady of Botswana from 1966 to 1980; Ian Khama (1953), first-born son of Seretse and Ruth Williams Khama and President of Botswana from 2008 to 2018; Tshekedi Khama II (1958), son of Seretse and Ruth Williams Khama and a former Botswana MP; Other people with this name:
In 1949, while serving as High Commissioner for Southern Africa, Baring played a key role in preventing Seretse Khama, the heir to the throne of the Bechuanaland Protectorate, from assuming the throne; doing so on the ground that Khama's marriage to a white woman, Ruth Williams, was opposed by the white-minority government of South Africa, a ...
The first lady of the Republic of Botswana [1] [2] is the wife of the president of Botswana. The current first lady is Kaone Boko, the wife of President Duma Boko. The role is largely ceremonial and has no salary. President Masisi has said that his wife does not have the remit to influence government policies. [3]
The Khama family (husband-wife-son) Sir Seretse Khama (President, 1966–80) Ruth Williams Khama ... Mariam Sankara (First Lady; wife of Thomas Isidore Noël Sankara)
Botswana's ex-president Ian Khama appeared in court on Friday to face charges of illegally owning a gun and receiving stolen property, after returning from three years in exile ahead of an ...
Watch A United Kingdom a 2016 biographical romantic drama film directed by Amma Asante, based on the true-life romance of Seretse Khama, heir to the throne of the Bangwato Tribe in Serowe, with his wife Ruth Williams Khama. David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike portray Seretse and Ruth, respectively. October 4th is Lesotho’s Independence Day.