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List of Rulers of the Bangwato (bamaNgwato)

Territory located in present-day Botswana

Botswana

Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana , is a landlocked country located in Southern Africa. The citizens are referred to as "Batswana" . Formerly the British protectorate of Bechuanaland, Botswana adopted its new name after becoming independent within the Commonwealth on 30 September 1966...

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Kgôsikgolo = Paramount Chief

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

Tenure	Incumbent	Notes
1780	bamaNgwato territorial establishment
1780 to 1795	Mathiba a Moleta, Kgôsikgolo
1795 to 1817	Kgama I a Mathiba, Kgôsikgolo
1817 to 1828	Kgari a Kgama Pebane, Kgôsikgolo
1828 to 1833	Sedimo a Molosiwa, acting Kgôsikgolo
1833 to 1835	Khama II a Kgari, Kgôsikgolo
1835 to 1857	Sekgoma I a Kgari Mmaphiri, Kgôsikgolo	1st Term
1857 to 1859	Matsheng a Kgari, Kgôsikgolo	1st Term
1859 to 1866	Sekgoma I a Kgari Mnaphiri, Kgôsikgolo	2nd Term
1866 to 1872	Matsheng a Kgari, Kgôsikgolo	2nd Term
1872 to 1873	Kgama III Boikanyo a Sekgoma Khama III Khama III , also known as Khama the Good, was the kgosi of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland , who made his country a protectorate of the United Kingdom to ensure its survival against Boer and Ndebele encroachments.-Ancestry and Youth:During the 18th century, Malope, chief of the Bakwena... , Kgôsikgolo (Khama III Khama III Khama III , also known as Khama the Good, was the kgosi of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland , who made his country a protectorate of the United Kingdom to ensure its survival against Boer and Ndebele encroachments.-Ancestry and Youth:During the 18th century, Malope, chief of the Bakwena... )	1st Term
1873 to 1875	Sekgoma I a Kgari Mnaphiri, Kgôsikgolo	3rd Term
1875 to 21 February 1923	Kgama III Boikanyo a Sekgoma Khama III Khama III , also known as Khama the Good, was the kgosi of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland , who made his country a protectorate of the United Kingdom to ensure its survival against Boer and Ndebele encroachments.-Ancestry and Youth:During the 18th century, Malope, chief of the Bakwena... , Kgôsikgolo (Khama III Khama III Khama III , also known as Khama the Good, was the kgosi of the Bamangwato people of Bechuanaland , who made his country a protectorate of the United Kingdom to ensure its survival against Boer and Ndebele encroachments.-Ancestry and Youth:During the 18th century, Malope, chief of the Bakwena... )	2nd Term
21 February 1923 to 17 November 1925	Sekgoma II a Kgama Leraraetsa, Kgôsikgolo
17 November 1925 to 19 January 1926	Gorewang a Kgamane Gorewang Kgamane Gorewang Kgamane was the Bamangwato chief from 1925 up until he died in 1931. After his death, the chieftainship was regained by Khama family. Gorewang Kgamane's cousin, Sediegeng Kgamane, was given the Chair to act on the behalf of Seretse Khama's son Ian Khama.... , Chairman of the Council of Regency
19 January 1926 to 14 September 1933	Tshêkêdi a Kgama, Regent (Tshekedi Khama)	1st Term
September 1933 to 4 October 1933	Serogola a Gagoitsege, acting Regent
4 October 1933 to 23 June 1949	Tshêkêdi a Kgama, Regent (Tshekedi Khama)	2nd Term
23 June 1949 to 8 March 1950	Sêrêtsê a Sekgoma a Kgama Seretse Khama Sir Seretse Khama, KBE was a statesman from Botswana. Born into one of the more powerful of the royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and in the United Kingdom, he returned home—with a popular but controversial... , Kgôsikgolo Seretse Khama Seretse Khama Sir Seretse Khama, KBE was a statesman from Botswana. Born into one of the more powerful of the royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and in the United Kingdom, he returned home—with a popular but controversial...	Not recognized by protectorate authority; renouncing claim 26 September 1956
13 March 1950 to 26 May 1952	Keabôka Kgamane, Kgôsikgolo, African Authority
13 May 1953 to May 1964	Rrasebolai a Gorewang George, Kgôsikgolo, African Authority (Rasebolai Khamane)
May 1964 to 1969	Leeapeetswe a Tshêkêdi, Kgôsikgolo, Tribal Authority
1969 to 1974	Leeapeetswe a Tshêkêdi, Kgôsikgolo
1974 to 1979	Mokgatsha Mokgadi, Kgôsikgolo, Tribal Authority
5 May 1979 to present	Sediegeng Kgamane, Kgôsikgolo (Sediegeng Kgamane)

Note

Ian Khama

Ian Khama

Lieutenant General Seretse Khama Ian Khama is a Botswana politician who has been the President of Botswana since 2008; he is also the Paramount Chief of the Bamangwato tribe...

, the current president of Botswana, son of Seretse Kgama (first president of Botswana after independence in 1966), though the rightful heir of the Bamangwato tribe in Serowe, has never shown interest in taking the chieftaincy and is not expected to, even though most of the people from the tribe regard him as their king.

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List of Rulers of the Bangwato (bamaNgwato)

See also