What is Seretse Khama?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Sir Seretse Khama | image = Seretse Khama during Independence Talks.png | alt = | caption = | order = 1st | office = President of Botswana | term_start = 30 September 1966 | term_end = 13 July 1980 | vicepresident = [[Quett Masire]] | predecessor = | successor = [[Quett Masire]] | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1921|7|1}} | birth_place = [[Serowe]], [[Bechuanaland]] | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1980|7|13|1921|7|1}} | death_place = [[Gaborone]], [[Botswana]] | birthname = | nationality = Motswana | party = [[Botswana Democratic Party]] | spouse = [[Ruth Williams Khama]] | relations = | children = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle=font-weight:normal; background:transparent; text-align:left;|title= 4||[[Ian Khama]]|[[Tshekedi Khama II]]}} | parents = | residence = | alma_mater = [[University of Fort Hare]] <br> [[Balliol College, Oxford]] | profession = [[Barrister]] | website = | footnotes = }} '''Sir Seretse Khama''', [[Order of British Empire|KBE]] (July 1, 1921&nbsp;– July 13, 1980) was a [[Botswana]] [[Politician|statesman]] from [[Botswana]]. He founded the [[Botswana Democratic Party]] in 1962. He became Prime Minister in 1965. In 1966, [[Botswana]] gained independence and Khama became its first president. During his presidency, the country underwent rapid economic and social progress.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/orders_list.asp?show=152 | title=The Order of the Companions of OR Tambo in Gold | access-date=2014-10-27 | archive-date=2009-07-20 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090720233744/http://www.thepresidency.gov.za/orders_list.asp?show=152 | url-status=dead }}</ref> Khama died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in [[Gaborone]], Botswana, aged 59. His son,