Office: | Minister of Environment, Conservation, Natural Resources and Tourism |
Term Start: | 2012 |
Term End: | 2018 |
President: | Ian Khama Mokgweetsi Masisi |
Predecessor: | Kitso Mokaila |
Office2: | Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development |
Term Start2: | 2018 |
Term End2: | 2019 |
President2: | Mokgweetsi Masisi |
Predecessor2: | Thapelo Olopeng |
Office3: | Member of Parliament for Serowe West |
Term Start3: | 28 July 2008 |
Term End3: | 21 April 2023 |
Predecessor3: | Ian Khama |
Successor3: | Onalepelo Kedikilwe |
Birth Name: | Tshekedi Stanford Khama |
Birth Date: | 9 June 1958 |
Birth Place: | Serowe, Bechuanaland |
Nationality: | Botswana |
Party: | Botswana Democratic Party (2008–2019) Botswana Patriotic Front (2019–) |
Spouse: | Thea Khama |
Children: | Tahlia Khama Anthony Khama |
Relatives: | Jacqueline KhamaIan Khama Anthony Khama |
Parents: | Seretse Khama Ruth Williams Khama |
Alma Mater: | Institute of Development Management |
Tshekedi Stanford Khama (born 9 June 1958) is a Botswana politician. He was MP for Serowe West from 2008 to 21 April 2023.He was automatically disqualified from the National Assembly after missing two consecutive sessions because of his self-imposed exile to South Africa.[1]
Khama is one of four children of the first President of Botswana, Seretse Khama and Ruth Williams Khama, and is the brother of former president Ian Khama.[2] [3]
Khama was elected to the National Assembly in Serowe North West in a 2008 by-election as a Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) member. He was subsequently re-elected in 2009 and 2014. From 2012 until 2018 he was Minister of Environment, Conservation, Natural Resources and Tourism. In 2018, President Mokgweetsi Masisi made him Minister of Youth Empowerment, Sports and Culture Development.[4]
Prior to the 2019 general elections, he left the BDP to join the new Botswana Patriotic Front (BPF),[5] and was one of three BPF candidates elected.