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Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) was President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008. He succeeded Quett Masire as President in 1998, and was reelected in October 2004; in 2008 he stepped down and was succeeded by Ian Khama. He is a native Setswana language speaker, of the Bamangwato people.
   Mogae studied economics in the United Kingdom, first at the University of Sussex and then at the University of Oxford. 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 was Vice-President of Botswana from 1992 to 1998.
   Mogae's party, the Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), retained power in the October 1999 general election, and Mogae was sworn in for a five-year term on October 20 1999 by Chief Justice Julian Nganunu at the National Stadium in Gaborone. Mogae promised to tackle poverty and unemployment, as well as the spread of HIV-Aids, which he pledged to stop in Botswana by 2016.
   On July 14 2007, Mogae affirmed his intention to resign nine months later.
   Mogae was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on March 20 2008 for his "exemplary leadership" in making Botswana a "model" of democracy and good governance. He stepped down as President on April 1 2008 and was succeeded by Vice-President Ian Khama.

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