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Quett Masire
President of Botswana from 1980 to 1998
Ketumile Quett Joni Masire,[1][2]GCMG (23 July 1925 – 22 June 2017), was the second and longest-serving president of Botswana, in office from 1980 to 1998.
He was given an honorary knighthood of the Grand Cross of Saint Michael and Saint George by Queen Elizabeth II (GCMG) in 1991.[3][4][5][6][7]
He was a leading figure in the independence movement and then the new government, and played a crucial role in facilitating and protecting Botswana's steady financial growth and development.
He stepped down in 1998 and was succeeded by Vice-PresidentFestus Mogae, who became the third president of Botswana.[7]
Early life
Masire was born on 23 July 1925 in Kanye, Bechuanaland Protectorate,[8][2] into a cattle-herding family to Gaipone (née Kgopo) and Joni Masire.[9][10] He grew up at a time when there was