List of ambassadors of Botswana to the United States

Ambassador of Botswana to the United States Embassy of Botswana, Washington, D.C.
Incumbent since August 3, 2015
Inaugural holder	Z. K. Matthews
Formation	December 14, 1966

The Botswana ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Gaborone to the Government of the United StatesBotswana Ambassador to the US David John Newman completed his assignment in July 2020; his successor, Onkokame Kitso MOKAILA, presented his credentials to President Trump on August 25, 2020. (David Passage, former US Ambassador to Botswana, 1990-1993)

List of representatives[]

Diplomatic agreement/designated	Diplomatic accreditation	Ambassador	Observations	President of Botswana	List of presidents of the United States	Term end
November 15, 1966	December 14, 1966	Z. K. Matthews		Seretse Khama	Lyndon B. Johnson
April 2, 1969	April 17, 1969		Kgosi-e-kgolo Linchwe II (1935-2007)[1]	Seretse Khama	Richard Nixon
June 9, 1972	July 21, 1972			Seretse Khama	Richard Nixon
June 11, 1976			Chargé d'affaires	Seretse Khama	Gerald Ford
February 9, 1977	February 17, 1977			Seretse Khama	Jimmy Carter
November 14, 1980	December 11, 1980		From 1983 to 1985 he was ambassador in Bonn.	Quett Masire	Jimmy Carter
June 5, 1983			Chargé d'affaires	Quett Masire	Ronald Reagan
April 11, 1984	April 13, 1984			Quett Masire	Ronald Reagan
March 29, 1989	May 11, 1989		May 23, 1944 in Serowe, Botswana A	Quett Masire	George H. W. Bush
November 13, 1995	February 6, 1996	Archibald Mooketsa Mogwe	Archibald Mooketsa Mogwe	Quett Masire	Bill Clinton
June 2, 2000	September 5, 2000	Kgosi Seepapitso	Kgosi Seepapitso IV (1933–2010), king of the Bangwaketse in Botswana, was born in Thaba Nchu, Lesotho, on 17 August 1933, the eldest son of Kgosi Bathoen[2]	Festus Mogae	Bill Clinton
October 17, 2002	December 9, 2002			Festus Mogae	George W. Bush
February 16, 2011	February 23, 2011	Tebelelo Mazile Seretse	[3]	Ian Khama	Barack Obama
June 26, 2015	August 3, 2015			Ian Khama	Barack Obama

Coordinates: 38°54′38″N 77°02′30″W / 38.910556°N 77.041667°W / 38.910556; -77.041667

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• • Botswana–United States relations

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