Quett Masire
Sir
Quett Ketumile Joni Masire
(born
July 23
,
1925
) was
President
of
Botswana
for the
Botswana Democratic Party
from
1980
to
1998
. He stepped down and was replaced by
Festus Mogae
. Masire was born in
Kanye
. He worked as teacher and headmaster of the Seepapisto Secondary School from
1949
to
1955
. In
1962
he was the co-founder of the
Botswana Democratic Party
(BDP). In
1965
, party leader
Seretse Khama
was elected prime minister of
Botswana
. After the independence of Botswana in
1966
, he became Vice President of Botswana. After President
Seretse Khama
died on
13 July
1980
, Quett Masire was elected President of Botswana (
18 July
). Under Masire, Botswana remained a democratic and non-racist society. In
1998
he stepped down. After his retirement as president he has been active in diplomacy, acting as a mediator in the civil war in the
Democratic Republic of the Congo
. Masire now chairs Global Afrika Resource & Energy Corporation (
Garek
), a mysterious South African-registered unlisted public company. Masire Masire
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