1st Parliament of Botswana

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.

1st Parliament of Botswana
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Overview
Jurisdiction	Botswana
Meeting place	Gaborone
Term	1966 – 1969
Election	1965 Bechuanaland general election
Government	Botswana Democratic Party
Opposition	Botswana People's Party
National Assembly
Members	31
Speaker	Alfred Merriweather
Deputy Speaker	Gaefalale Sebeso
Party control	Botswana Democratic Party

List of members

The following is a list of members of the 1st Parliament of Botswana:

The Cabinet

Office	Name		Party
Prime Minister		Seretse Khama	Botswana Democratic Party
Deputy Prime Minister		Quett Masire	Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Labour and Social Services		Archelaus Tsoebebe	Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Works and Communications		David J. C. Morgan	Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Agriculture		Moutlakgola P. K. Nwako	Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Mines, Commerce, and Industry		Amos Dambe	Botswana Democratic Party
Minister of Local Government		Tsheko Tsheko	Botswana Democratic Party
Attorney General		Alan Tilbury	Botswana Democratic Party

Parliamentary leadership

Office	Name		Party
Speaker		Alfred Merriweather	Botswana Democratic Party
Deputy Speaker		Gaefalale Sebeso	Botswana Democratic Party
Parliamentary Secretaries, by Ministry
Agriculture		Ramsey D. Molefe	Botswana Democratic Party
Finance		Englishman Kgabo	Botswana Democratic Party
Labour and Social Services		Motlatsi Segokgo	Botswana Democratic Party

By constituency

Constituency	Name		Party
Speaker		Alfred Merriweather	Botswana Democratic Party
Attorney General		Alan Tilbury	Botswana Democratic Party
Bobirwa		Archelaus Tsoebebe	Botswana Democratic Party
Boteti		Benjamin Steinberg	Botswana Democratic Party
Francistown–Tati		Philip Matante	Botswana People's Party
Gaborone–Ramotswa		Norman Molomo	Botswana Democratic Party
Ghanzi		Ntwakgolo Sekga	Botswana Democratic Party
Kanye North		Basenyapelo Chibana	Botswana Democratic Party
Kanye South		Quett Masire	Botswana Democratic Party
Kgalagadi		Boy Moapare	Botswana Democratic Party
Kgatleng–Tlokweng		Motlatsi Segokgo	Botswana Democratic Party
Kweneng South		Johnson Nkoane	Botswana Democratic Party
Kweneng West		Eyes Reokwaeng	Botswana Democratic Party
Mahalapye		Gaolese Koma	Botswana Democratic Party
Maun–Chobe		Dikgothi Monwela	Botswana Democratic Party
Mmadinare		Amos Dambe	Botswana Democratic Party
Mochudi		Thari Motlhagodi	Botswana People's Party
Molepolole		Stephen Thobega	Botswana Democratic Party
Molepolole East		Englishman Kgabo	Botswana Democratic Party
Moshupa		Edison Masisi	Botswana Democratic Party
Ngami		Gaerolwe Kwerepe	Botswana Democratic Party
Ngwaketse–Kgalagadi		Pulafela Sebotho	Botswana Democratic Party
Nkange		Obed Chilume	Botswana Democratic Party
Okavango		Tsheko Tsheko	Botswana Democratic Party
Sebina–Gweta		Mudongo Maswikiti	Botswana Democratic Party
Serowe North		Seretse Khama	Botswana Democratic Party
Serowe South		Bakwena Kgari	Botswana Democratic Party
Shoshong		Goareng Mosinyi	Botswana Democratic Party
Tati West		Kenneth Nkhwa	Botswana People's Party
Tonota		Lemme Makgekgenene	Botswana Democratic Party
Tswapong North		Moutlakgola P. K. Nwako	Botswana Democratic Party
Tswapong South		Gaefalale Sebeso	Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected		James G. Haskins	Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected		Ramsey D. Molefe	Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected		David J. C. Morgan	Botswana Democratic Party
Specially elected		George W. Sim	Botswana Democratic Party

See also

• Elections in Botswana