Barbara Mogae
Introduction
Barbara Gemma Mogae is a Botswana public figure and politician who served as the third First Lady of Botswana from 1998 until 2008. She is the wife of former President Festus Mogae.
Biography
Mogae was born Barbara Gemma Modise. She married her husband, Festus Mogae, in 1968. The couple have three daughter's born between 1969 and 1987: Chedza, Nametso and Boikaego.
First Lady
Barbara Mogae served as the country's third First Lady from 1998 until 2008. She remains the country's most recent first lady, as Ian Khama, Botswana's president since 2008, is a bachelor.
Honors
On September 29, 2016, Mogae was honored with the Golden Jubilee Presidential Order of Honour Award by President Ian Khama as one of the "Builders of Botswana." Other recipients included her husband, Festus Mogae; posthumous honors for the late former First Ladies Ruth Williams Khama and Gladys Olebile Masire; the late former President Seretse Khama, former President Quett Masire; and the 28 members of the country's first, post-independence Parliament.