| H.E. Charles Thembani Ntwaagae | |
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| Charles Thembani Ntwaagae and his wife with Michelle and Barack Obama in 2009 | |
| Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Botswana | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office July 2008 |
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| Born | 1953 Tutume, Botswana |
Charles Thembani Ntwaagae (born in 1953, Tutume, Botswana) is the Permanent Representative to the United Nations for Botswana. He took office in July 2008. He is married with three children.
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Ntwaagae holds a master’s degree from Pennsylvania University, and a bachelor’s degree from the University of Botswana and Swaziland.
Ntwaagae was Permanent Secretary in Botswana’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation prior to his taking office at the United Nation. He has also served as Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Geneva, in Austria, and in Greece, for Botswana. Other offices he has held include Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Foreign Ministry; Chief Executive at the National Secretariat of the National Conservation Strategy (Coordinating) Agency; and Deputy Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, Lands and Housing. He now resides in Scarsdale, New York, with his wife and two kids.