Festus Gontebanye Mogae (born 21 August 1939) is a Motswana politician who served as President of Botswana from 1998 to 2008.
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Mogae was awarded the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur by French President Nicolas Sarkozy on 20 March 2008 for his "exemplary leadership" in making Botswana a "model" of democracy and good governance.
Under the governments of Festus Mogae, a programme was introduced in 1999 for the Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT).
On 12 May 2000, President Festus Mogae of Botswana and President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa formally launched Southern Africa's first peace park, the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park.
In 2006, the school celebrated 106 years of existence in a ceremony officiated by the country's president Festus Mogae.
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