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Festus Mogae
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President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008
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Festus Gontebanye Mogae was born on August 21, 1939. He has three children. His published works include the 1997 and 1998 budget speeches, as well as a work titled Botswana. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
Mogae has authored three works according to Open Library records, while Crossref lists five works associated with him. He is referenced by 143 other encyclopedia articles. One of his recorded quotes states, "I believe one of the secrets of our success has been our commitment to empowering all members of our society."
Synthesized by Vinony from 11 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, Wikiquote, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 3
Top works
- Budget speech 1997
- Budget speech 1998
- Botswana
via Open Library + Wikidata
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Toward a sustainable environment: Nexus between CO2 emissions, resource rent, renewable and nonrenewable energy in 16-EU countries
· 2019 · cited 1,281x
- Dynamic impact of trade policy, economic growth, fertility rate, renewable and non-renewable energy consumption on ecological footprint in Europe
· 2019 · cited 769x
- Evergreen Agriculture: a robust approach to sustainable food security in Africa
· 2010 · cited 499x
- Modelling coal rent, economic growth and CO2 emissions: Does regulatory quality matter in BRICS economies?
· 2020 · cited 491x
- Retinoblastoma
· 2015 · cited 468x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I observe in this Forum's founding document, and indeed also in the draft constitution of the regional body to which it is to be affiliated, recognition that journalists and media owners have a common duty to work to the highest professional standards and ethics.”
- “I never mentioned Mugabe or any president in my speech. I made the speech at a UN meeting last September. What I said is that I used to hold the same beliefs as my African counterparts with regards to LGBT issues but I have since been converted.”
- “The only country I mentioned at the UN meeting is South Africa which I said is the most liberal when it comes to issues concerning LGBT groups.”
- “I believe one of the secrets of our success has been our commitment to empowering all members of our society.”
- “And in this respect, we take special pride in our progress toward gender equality. According to the 2003 U.N. Human Development Report, Botswana was ranked 16th in the world in terms of total percentage of females serving as legislators, senior officials and managers. The combined figure for women occupying leadership positions in our country as of 2002 was 35 percent.”
- “The experts tell us that the effect of the HIV prevalence in our population would reduce our potential growth rate by one-and-a-half percentage points annually.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Vice president
- Ian Khama
- Preceded by
- Quett Masire
- Succeeded by
- Ian Khama
- President
- Sir Ketumile Masire
- Born
- ( 1939-08-21 ) 21 August 1939, Serowe , Bechuanaland Protectorate
- Died
- 8 May 2026 (2026-05-08) (aged 86), Gaborone , Botswana
- Party
- Botswana Democratic Party
- Spouse
- Barbara Mogae ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1967 )
- Alma mater
- University College, Oxford , University of Sussex
- Profession
- Economist
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Botswana
- Place of birth
- Serowe
- Spouse
- Barbara Gemma Mogae
- Occupation
- minister
- Educated at
- University of Sussex
- Political party
- Botswana Democratic Party
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Festus Mogae 2009-06-23.jpg
- Number of children
- 3
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- Commons category
- Festus Mogae
- date of birth
- 1939-08-21
- Commons gallery
- Festus Mogae
- P10632
- Festus Mogae
- name in native language
- Festus Mogae
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (21 August 1939 – 8 May 2026) was a Motswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He was re-elected in October 2004. After ten years in office, he stepped down in 2008 and was succeeded by Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama.
Mogae served as Governor of the Bank of Botswana and Minister of Finance from 1989 to 1998. He later served as the 4th Vice-President of Botswana from 1991 until 1998 during the Quett Masire administration.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Festus Mogae” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.