Tebelelo Mazile Seretse

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Tebelelo Mazile Seretse is a Ambassador of the Republic of Botswana to the United States since 2011.

Professional Career[edit]

Tebelelo Mazile Seretse was having served as a Member of Parliament and Cabinet under the former President of Botswana, Festus G. Mogae from 1999 until 2004. During that period, she held ministerial positions as Assistant Minister of Presidential Affairs; Minister of Trade, Industry, Wildlife and Tourism, and Minister of Works, Transport and Communications. Outside the public service, Ambassador Tebelelo Mazile Seretse has also contributed significantly to the private sector in Botswana. She has been a Board member of the Bank of Botswana, the Botswana Diamond Mining company – Debswana, Botswana Insurance Holding Company and Excess Petroleum.

She has also served as Director and Chairperson of RPC Data Limited, the largest integrated information technology services company in Botswana. She has also served as Chairperson and Director of FSG Limited. She was head of the African Delegation for the fourth World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Doha in 2001.

Education[edit]

She holds a Bachelor of Law from the University of Botswana, an MA in Economics from the University of Cincinnati, a BSC in Accounting from Morgan State University and a BA in from Morgan State University.

Notable work[edit]

Seretse honored her alma mater by serving as the keynote speaker at the 2011 Bill of Rights/TransAfrica Day Convocation. Her vision is to establish a partnership between Morgan and the Republic of Botswana.

Futher Information[edit]

ICD Lecture "Emerging Africa: The Case of Botswana's Democracy" (Washington D.C, June 2012)

External Links and References[edit]

ICD Talking Cultural Diplomacy