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Thapelo Matsheka
Botswanan politician

Thapelo Matsheka

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Botswanan politician
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Member of the National Assembly of Botswana
(5 November 2019-)
Minister of Finance
(6 November 2019-16 April 2021)
Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development
(16 April 2021-22 April 2022)
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Biography

Thapelo Matsheka is a Motswana politician and economist who served as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development from November 2019 to April 2021. He was elected as the Member of the National Assembly for Lobatse in October 2019. He is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party. Matsheka is the former Managing Director of Fiducia Services.

Career

Matsheka holds a Phd in economics from the University of Kent. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency, the government’s entrepreneurship scheme, from 2003 to 2010. He then worked for AON Botswana before resigning to form Fiducia Services in August 2017.

For the 2019 general election, Matsheka was the Botswana Democratic Party's parliamentary candidate for Lobatse. He was elected and succeeded Sadique Kebonang. President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed him as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development on 6 November 2019, and he took office on the same day. He delivered his first budget speech in February 2020. He was replaced as minister responsible for public finance in April 2021.

Other activities

  • African Development Bank (AfDB), Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)
  • World Bank, Ex-Officio Member of the Board of Governors (since 2019)
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