Neo Moroka is Chairman of
De Beers
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Botswana. He formerly was a politician in
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 ...
, serving as Minister of Trade and Industry from 2004 to 2009.
Moroka earned degrees in
ecology
Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overlaps wi ...
and was an agricultural advisor to
Barclays Bank
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Barclays traces ...
from 1984 to 1991. He subsequently worked as managing director at BP Botswana. He was elected to the
National Assembly
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for the first time in the
October 2004 general election from Kgalagadi South constituency and represents the governing
Botswana Democratic Party
The Botswana Democratic Party ( abbr. BDP) is the governing party in Botswana. Its chairman is the Vice-President of Botswana, Slumber Tsogwane, and its symbol is a lift jack. The party has ruled Botswana continuously since gaining independenc ...
. Following the election, he was appointed as Minister of Trade and Industry on November 9, 2004.
References
External links
Profile of Neo Moroka on Government web-site
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Tsabong
Living people
Members of the National Assembly (Botswana)
Government ministers of Botswana
Botswana Democratic Party politicians
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