Lete has been led by a kgôsikgolo, or a paramount chief, since its establishment in 1780. Mosadi Seboko has been the kgôsikgolo of Lete since 2002.
Territory located in present-day Botswana.
Kgôsikgolo = Paramount Chief
Tenure | Incumbent | Notes | |
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Rulers before 1780[1] | |||
c. 1470 | Badimo | ||
Phatle | |||
Malete | |||
c. 1500 | Lesokwana | ||
Mokgware | |||
Digope | |||
Dira | |||
Mmusi | |||
c. 1600 | Maphalaola | ||
Maoke | |||
Mongatane | |||
Maio | |||
Kgomo | |||
c. 1700 | Mokgwa | ||
Marumo | |||
c. 1780 | Establishment of baMalete territory | ||
???? to c. 1780 | Pôwê I a Marumo, Kgôsikgolo | ||
c. 1780 to c.1805 | Mokgôjwe a Pôwê, acting Kgôsikgolo | ||
c.1805 to c.1830 | Pôwê II a Mokgôjwe, Kgôsikgolo | ||
c.1830 to 1886 | Mokgôsi I a Pôwê, Kgôsikgolo | ||
1886 to 1896 | Ikaneng a Mokgôsi, Kgôsikgolo | ||
1896 to 1906 | Mokgôsi II a Ikaneng, Kgôsikgolo | ||
1906 to 1917 | Baitlotle a Ikaneng, acting Kgôsikgolo | ||
1917 to 1937 | Seboko I a Mokgôsi, Kgôsikgolo | ||
1937 to 1945 | Ketswerebothata a Mokgôsi, acting Kgôsikgolo | ||
1945 to 1966 | Mokgôsi III a Seboko, Kgôsikgolo | ||
1966 to 1996 | Kelemogile a Seboko, acting Kgôsikgolo (Kelemogile Mokgosi) | ||
1 June 1996 to 17 June 2001 | Seboko II a Mokgôsi, Kgôsikgolo | ||
17 June 2001 to 7 January 2002 | Tumelo a Seboko, acting Kgôsikgolo | ||
7 January 2002 to present | Mosadi Seboko, Kgôsikgolo | First female kgôsikgolo of Lete |