1st Parliament of Botswana
{{Infobox legislative term|before=|after=2nd Parliament|jurisdiction=Botswana|meeting_place=Gaborone|term_start=1966|term_end=1969|election=1965 Bechuanaland general election|opposition=Botswana People's Party|government=Botswana Democratic Party|chamber1=National Assembly|chamber1_image=|membership1=31|chamber1_leader1_type=Speaker|chamber1_leader1=Alfred Merriweather|chamber1_leader2_type=Deputy Speaker|chamber1_leader2=Gaefalale Sebeso|control1=Botswana Democratic Party|session1_type=|session1_start=}}The 1st Parliament of Botswana, composed of 31 members of the National Assembly, met in Gaborone from September 1966, when Botswana gained independence from the United Kingdom, to 1969. Its membership was set by the 1965 Bechuanaland general election, which gave the Botswana Democratic Party control of Parliament with 28 members, while the Botswana People's Party received the remaining three seats.
List of members
The following is a list of members of the 1st Parliament of Botswana:{{Cite web|url=https://www.parliament.gov.bw/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=7&Itemid=167|title=First Parliament of Botswana|last=|first=|date=|website=Parliament of Botswana|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2024-04-23}}
= The Cabinet =
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!Office ! colspan="2" |Name !Party |
Prime Minister
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Seretse|Khama}} |
Deputy Prime Minister
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Quett|Masire}} |
Minister of Labour and Social Services
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Archelaus|Tsoebebe}} |
Minister of Works and Communications
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|David J. C.|Morgan}} |
Minister of Agriculture
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Moutlakgola P. K.|Nwako}} |
Minister of Mines, Commerce, and Industry
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Amos|Dambe}} |
Minister of Local Government
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Tsheko|Tsheko}} |
Attorney General
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Alan|Tilbury}} |
= Parliamentary leadership =
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!Office ! colspan="2" |Name !Party |
Speaker
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Alfred|Merriweather}} |
Deputy Speaker
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Gaefalale|Sebeso}} |
colspan="4" |Parliamentary Secretaries, by Ministry |
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Agriculture
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Ramsey D.|Molefe}} |
Finance
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Englishman|Kgabo}} |
Labour and Social Services
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Motlatsi|Segokgo}} |
= By constituency =
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! colspan="2" |Name !Party |
Speaker
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Alfred|Merriweather}} |
Attorney General
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Alan|Tilbury}} |
Bobirwa
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sn|Archelaus|Tsoebebe}} |
Boteti
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Benjamin|Steinberg|dab=politician}} |
Francistown–Tati
| style="background:#00cc00" | |{{Sortname|Philip|Matante}} |
Gaborone–Ramotswa
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Norman|Molomo}} |
Ghanzi
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Ntwakgolo|Sekga}} |
Kanye North
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Basenyapelo|Chibana}} |
Kanye South
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Quett|Masire}} |
Kgalagadi
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Boy|Moapare}} |
Kgatleng–Tlokweng
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Motlatsi|Segokgo}} |
Kweneng South
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Johnson|Nkoane}} |
Kweneng West
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Eyes|Reokwaeng}} |
Mahalapye
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Gaolese|Koma}} |
Maun–Chobe
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Dikgothi|Monwela}} |
Mmadinare
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Amos|Dambe}} |
Mochudi
| style="background:#00cc00" | |{{Sortname|Thari|Motlhagodi}} |
Molepolole
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Stephen|Thobega}} |
Molepolole East
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Englishman|Kgabo}} |
Moshupa
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Edison|Masisi}} |
Ngami
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Gaerolwe|Kwerepe}} |
Ngwaketse–Kgalagadi
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Pulafela|Sebotho}} |
Nkange
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Obed|Chilume}} |
Okavango
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Tsheko|Tsheko}} |
Sebina–Gweta
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Mudongo|Maswikiti}} |
Serowe North
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Seretse|Khama}} |
Serowe South
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Bakwena|Kgari}} |
Shoshong
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Goareng|Mosinyi}} |
Tati West
| style="background:#00cc00" | |{{Sortname|Kenneth|Nkhwa}} |
Tonota
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Lemme|Makgekgenene}} |
Tswapong North
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Moutlakgola P. K.|Nwako}} |
Tswapong South
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Gaefalale|Sebeso}} |
Specially elected
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|James G.|Haskins}} |
Specially elected
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|Ramsey D.|Molefe}} |
Specially elected
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|David J. C.|Morgan}} |
Specially elected
| style="background:#E11E26" | |{{Sortname|George W.|Sim}} |
See also
References
{{Reflist}}{{Parliaments of Botswana}}
Category:1966 establishments in Botswana