Charles Tibone

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Mbiganyi Charles Tibone
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Political partyBotswana Democratic Party
Alma materUniversity of Botswana, Oxford University

Mbiganyi Charles Tibone is a politician in Botswana. He was elected to the National Assembly in the October 2004 general election[1] from the Tati West constituency[2] and represents the governing Botswana Democratic Party. Following the election, Tibone was appointed as Minister of Minerals, Energy and Water Resources on November 9, 2004,[1] serving in that position until January 2007, when he was instead appointed as Minister of Labour and Home Affairs.[3] When Ian Khama took office as president on April 1, 2008, he dismissed Tibone from the Cabinet.[4]

Tibone studied at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland and later received a post-graduate degree on international relations, international economics and international law from Oxford University. He worked at the Ministry of Home Affairs and at a number of foreign missions before entering the private sector and becoming managing director of Gaborone Delta.[2]

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  1. ^ a b "Mogae appoints cabinet -Ten new faces - Five women". Botswana Press Agency (BOPA). 10 November 2004. Archived from the original on 10 February 2005. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  2. ^ a b "New cabinet full of new faces" Archived 2005-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, BOPA, November 11, 2004.
  3. ^ "Mogae expands cabinet". Botswana Press Agency (BOPA). 22 January 2007. Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2007.
  4. ^ "Khama fires five ministers" Archived 2017-10-01 at the Wayback Machine, Mmegi Online, April 2, 2008.


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