Phandu Skelemani

Phandu Skelemani
Skelemani in 2014
9th Speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2019
Deputy	Pono Moatlhodi
Preceded by	Gladys Kokorwe
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 April 2008 – 31 October 2014
Preceded by	Mompati Merafhe
Succeeded by	Pelonomi Venson-Moitoi
Personal details
Born	(1945-01-05) 5 January 1945 (age 79) Mapoka Village, North East District, Bechuanaland
Political party	Botswana Democratic Party
Education	University of Botswana (LLB)

Phandu Tombola Chaka Skelemani (born 5 January 1945)^[1] is a Motswana who is the current speaker of the National Assembly of Botswana. He served in the government of Botswana as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2008 to 2014^{[citation needed]}. A member of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party (BDP), Skelemani is a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly of Botswana and a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Botswana, and he served as Attorney-General of Botswana from 1992 to 2003.