1st Parliament of Botswana

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1st Parliament of Botswana
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Overview
JurisdictionBotswana
Meeting placeGaborone
Term1966 – 1969
Election2018 general election
GovernmentBotswana Democratic Party
OppositionBotswana People's Party
National Assembly
Members31
SpeakerAlfred Merriweather
Deputy Speaker
Party controlBotswana Democratic Party

The 1st Parliament of Botswana, composed of 31 members of the National Assembly, met in Gaborone from September 1966, when Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom, to 1969. Its membership was set by the 1965 Bechuanaland general election, which gave the Botswana Democratic Party control of Parliament with 28 members, while the Botswana People's Party received the remaining three seats.

List of members[]

The following is a list of members of the 1st Parliament of Botswana:[1]

The Cabinet[]

Office Name Party
Prime Minister Seretse Khama Botswana Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister Quett Masire Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Labour and Social Services Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Works and Communications Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Agriculture Moutlakgola P. K. Nwako Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Mines, Commerce, and Industry Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Local Government Botswana Democratic Party
Botswana Democratic Party

Parliamentary leadership[]

Office Name Party
Speaker Alfred Merriweather Botswana Democratic Party
Deputy Speaker Botswana Democratic Party
Parliamentary Secretaries, by Ministry
Agriculture Botswana Democratic Party
Finance Botswana Democratic Party
Labour and Social Services Botswana Democratic Party

By constituency[]

Constituency Name Party
Speaker Alfred Merriweather Botswana Democratic Party
Botswana Democratic Party
Bobirwa Botswana Democratic Party
Boteti Benjamin Steinberg Botswana Democratic Party
Francistown–Tati Botswana People's Party
Gaborone–Ramotswa Botswana Democratic Party
Ghanzi Botswana Democratic Party
Kanye North Botswana Democratic Party
Kanye South Quett Masire Botswana Democratic Party
Kgalagadi Botswana Democratic Party
Kgatleng–Tlokweng Botswana Democratic Party
Kweneng South Botswana Democratic Party
Kweneng West Botswana Democratic Party
Mahalapye Botswana Democratic Party
Maun–Chobe Botswana Democratic Party
Mmadinare Botswana Democratic Party
Mochudi Botswana People's Party
Molepolole Botswana Democratic Party
Molepolole East Botswana Democratic Party
Moshupa Edison Masisi Botswana Democratic Party
Ngami Botswana Democratic Party
Ngwaketse–Kgalagadi Botswana Democratic Party
Nkange Botswana Democratic Party
Okavango Botswana Democratic Party
Sebina–Gweta Botswana Democratic Party
Serowe North Seretse Khama Botswana Democratic Party
Serowe South Botswana Democratic Party
Shoshong Botswana Democratic Party
Tati West Botswana People's Party
Tonota Botswana Democratic Party
Tswapong North Moutlakgola P. K. Nwako Botswana Democratic Party
Tswapong South Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected Botswana Democratic Party

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "First Parliament of Botswana". Parliament of Botswana. Retrieved 2019-02-25.
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