Christian de Graaff (born late 1950s) was the Minister of Agriculture of

Botswana Botswana (, ), officially the Republic of Botswana ( tn, Lefatshe la Botswana, label=Setswana, ), is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory being the Kalahar ...

from 2011 to 2015 and currently is a Member of Parliament for the

Ghanzi District Ghanzi (sometimes Gantsi) is a district in western Botswana, bordering Namibia in the west and extending east into much of the interior of the country. The district's administrative centre is the town of Ghanzi. Most of the eastern half of Ghanzi ...

. "Christian DeGraaf." Tsena. Tsena.co, n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2016. He is an ethnic

Afrikaner Afrikaners () are a South African ethnic group descended from Free Burghers, predominantly Dutch settlers first arriving at the Cape of Good Hope in the 17th and 18th centuries.Entry: Cape Colony. ''Encyclopædia Britannica Volume 4 Part 2: ...

from

Ghanzi Ghanzi is a town in the middle of the Kalahari Desert the western part of the Republic of Botswana in southern Africa. The region is the country's pride in contributing a large portion towards the beef industry. In fact, Ghanzi farmers provides ...

, which has historically had a large

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population.

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Agriculture ministers Afrikaner people Botswana people of Dutch descent Botswana farmers Government ministers of Botswana Members of the National Assembly (Botswana) People from Ghanzi District White Botswana people 1950s births Living people {{Botswana-politician-stub