Back Botswana Democratic Party Afrikaans حزب بوتسوانا الديمقراطي Arabic Botswana Democratic Party German Partido Democrático de Botsuana Spanish Botswanan demokraattipuolue Finnish Parti démocratique du Botswana French Demokratska stranka Bocvane Croatian Partai Demokrat Botswana ID Partito Democratico del Botswana Italian ボツワナ民主党 Japanese
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Botswana Democratic Party | |
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| Abbreviation | BDP |
| Chairman | Slumber Tsogwane |
| President of Botswana | Mokgweetsi Masisi |
| Vice President of Botswana | Slumber Tsogwane |
| Speaker of the National Assembly | Phandu Skelemani |
| Leader of the House | Slumber Tsogwane |
| Founder | Seretse Khama |
| Founded | November 1961 |
| Headquarters | Tsholetsa House, Gaborone |
| Ideology | Paternalistic conservatism[1] |
| Political position | Centre[2] to centre-right[3][4][5][6] |
| International affiliation | Socialist International (consultative)[7] |
| Africa affiliation | FLMSA |
| Colours | Red Black White |
| National Assembly | 38 / 57 |
| Pan African Parliament | 3 / 4
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| Party flag | |
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| Website | |
| bdp.org.bw | |
The Botswana Democratic Party (abbr. BDP; Tswana: Phathi ya Tomokoraga) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and its symbol is a lift jack. The party has ruled Botswana continuously since gaining independence from the United Kingdom in 1966.[8] The BDP is sometimes classified as a paternalistic conservative party and is also a consultative member of the Socialist International since 2014, which is a group including many worldwide social-democratic parties.
The BDP was primarily shaped by two of its founders, Sir Seretse Khama and Quett Ketumile Masire. Traditional Setswana communities make up the party's base, which has led the BDP to remain a conservative movement.
In the 2019 Parliamentary elections, the BDP took 38 seats, giving it continued control of the chamber.
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- ^ Member parties of the Socialist International
- ^ "Botswana's Masisi retains presidency as BDP wins election". Reuters. Archived from the original on 18 October 2022.
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