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__**Seretse Khama Ian Khama-**__

 Country: Botswana -Geography: Botswana is about the size of the state of Texas and it's location is landlocked north of South Africa. Most of the population is concentrated in the eastern part of the country. The climate in Botswana is semiarid with warm winters and hot summers. Unfortunately Botswana's environment includes overgrazing, desertification, and limited fresh water sources. -Economy: Botswana has one of the fastest growth rates in per capita in the world since their independence. Botswana's positive economic record is mostly because of using revenue wisely from diamond mining. - Population: In 2003 the population of Botswana was measured at 1,785,000 people. That would put Botswana at number 146 in population among the 193 nations of the world. For such a small country, overall, the population is fairly large. -Social Structure: The social classes in Botswana does not have set boundaries and is very fluid. Their social classes can change drastically over generations but not a lot of change happens over short periods of time, such as decades.

 Background Information: Khama was born on Febuary 27, 1953 to the first president of Botswana, Sir Seretse Khama. He grew up in Chertsey, Surrey in the United Kingdom because of his fathers choice in marriage. Khama is a qualified pilot and attended a british training set, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. In early July of 1998, he was sworn into being the vice president of Botwana and when the current president stepped down, Khama then preceded as president of Botswana. Then in October of 2009 Khama swore in for his first full term as president of Botswan.  References:  - Rupiah Banda is Zambia's vice president and has been working with Khama in Zambia's International Fare Trade. In fact, Rupiah Banda has appointed Khama guest of honor for the opening of the Fare.  - Morgan Richard Tsvangirai is the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe and is a person who knows Ian Khama very well. In fact, recently when Richard was suppost to meet with the Islamic Republic of Iran President Mahmoud, he left him to meet with Khama.  - Mompati Merafhe is the vice president of the country of Bostwana and works with Kamha almost everyday. A lot of their veiws are also the same and makes for a good working relationship, which also makes a smooth government in this case.  Benchmarks:  -Safety and rule of law: The country of Botswna has a democracy government with seperation of powers along with a independent judiciary. The government is very organized and kept on a five year schedual. Also, all citizens of the country of Botswana have equal rights. The government also provides less fortunate citizens with healthcare, water, and housing if desprately needed.  - Participation and Human Rights: Botswana has much to be proud of with human rights achivements. This includes gender equality, childrens rights, ethnic minorities, immigrants and refugees, land rights, lesbian, gay, and bisexual rights, and domestic workers rights.  -Sustainable Economic Opportunity: Since Botswana's independnce from Britian in 1966, it has shown strong economic growth and development, especialy in the past four years. In fact, Botswana has had the highest average economic growth rate in the world.  -Human Ddevelopment: Botswana's Human Development are focused a lot on science and technology. It says and includes how important technology for human development is and should be used along with development of agriculture, manufacturing, communication, and medicine.   Works Cited: <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"Botswana." //CIA World Factbook//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. []. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"General Logon Page." //Gale Error Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. []. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"General Logon Page." //Gale Error Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. []. <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">"Reports | National Reports | Africa | Botswana | Human Development Reports (HDR) | United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)." //Human Development Reports (HDR) - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 20 Sept. 2010. [] <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">