Quett Masire

Quotes

• “In a democracy like ours, elections belong to citizens, not the government and its institutions. Government institutions conduct elections on behalf of the people.”
• “We used to say to our donors, ‘help us to help ourselves, and the more you help us, the sooner you will get rid of us”
• “We, the young people, wished to see Batswana acting as a country at the end of the colonial era, not as tribes. This is what caused two colleagues and I to want to start a paper [in 1954]. It was not money, or politics. We were reading African Advisory Council minutes and seeing that the Chiefs wanted to be big fish in small ponds.”
• “The old order must give way before it corrupted the new”
• “Bad governance doesn’t just undermine service delivery, it retards development, and it also drives violence”
• “Corruption imposes heavy costs on the country and distorts development policies. It hurts the poor disproportionately by diverting funds intended for development. It undermines government’s ability to provide essential services. It fuels inequality and injustice and discourages foreign investment”

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Key facts

Vice president

Lenyeletse Seretse , Peter Mmusi , Festus Mogae

Preceded by

Seretse Khama

Succeeded by

Festus Mogae

President

Seretse Khama

Born

Ketumile Quett Joni Masire , ( 1925-07-23 ) 23 July 1925, Kanye , Bechuanaland Protectorate

Died

22 June 2017 (2017-06-22) (aged 91), Gaborone , Botswana

Party

Botswana Democratic Party

Spouse

Gladys Olebile Masire ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1958 ; died 2014 ) ​

Alma mater

Bangwaketse Reserve

Profession

Teacher

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Wikidata facts

Image

Masire 1980 (cropped).jpg

Number of children

6

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