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Festus mogae mo ibrahim biography
Festus Mogae
President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008
Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Botswana politician and economist who served as the third President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008.[1] He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998[2] and 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.[3]
Biography
Early life
Mogae studied economics in the United Kingdom, first at University College, Oxford, and then at the University of Sussex.[4][1][3] He returned to Botswana to work as a civil servant before taking up posts with the International Monetary Fund and the Bank of Botswana.
He later then served as the governor of Bank of Botswana from 1980 to 1981.[5] He served as the Minister of Finance from 1989 to 1998.[6] He was Vice-President of Botswana from 1991 to 1998.[3]