Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana explained

Post:Speaker
Body:the National Assembly of Botswana
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Insigniasize:115
Incumbent:Dithapelo Keorapetse
Incumbentsince:7 November 2024
Department:National Assembly of Botswana
Status:Presiding officer
Seat:National Assembly Building, Gaborone
Constituting Instrument:Constitution of Botswana
First:Alfred Merriweather
1965
Deputy:Helen Manyeneng

The Speaker of the National Assembly is the presiding officer of the unicameral Parliament of Botswana. Since Botswana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1965, eight men and women have served as Speaker. The first, Alfred Merriweather, a Scottish missionary and physician, served from 1965 to 1968. The current Speaker, Dithapelo Keorapetse, has been speaker since 7 November 2024.

List of speakers

NameOfficeParty
1965–1968Botswana Democratic Party
1968–1979Botswana Democratic Party
1979–1989Botswana Democratic Party
1989–1999Botswana Democratic Party
1999–2004Botswana Democratic Party
2004–2009Botswana Democratic Party
2009–2014Botswana Democratic Party
2014–2019Botswana Democratic Party
2019–2024Botswana Democratic Party
2024–presentUmbrella for Democratic Change

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