List of rulers of Ngwaketse

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The following is a list of rulers of baNgwaketse , a territory located in present-day Botswana.

Kgôsikgolo = Paramount Chief

(Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office)

TenureIncumbentNotes
1750 to 1770 Mongala a Makaba , Kgôsikgolo 
1770 to 1790 Moleta a Mongala , Kgôsikgolo 
1790 to 1817 Makaba II a Moleta Rramaomana , Kgôsikgolo 
Division into two segments (1817-1857)
1817 to 1824 Makaba II a Moleta Rramaomana , Kgôsikgolo 
1824 to 1844 Sebêgô a Makaba , acting Kgôsikgolo 
1844 to 1857 Senthufe a Sebêgô , Kgôsikgolo 
1817 to 1822 Tshosaa Makaba , Kgôsikgolo 
1822 to 1845 Segotshane a Makaba , acting Kgôsikgolo 
1845 to 1857 Gaseitsiwe a Tshosa , KgôsikgoloBecoming Paramount Chief of re-united baNgwaketse
Reunification
1857 to July 1889 Gaseitsiwe a Tshosa , Kgôsikgolo 
1889 to 1 July 1910 Bathoen I a Gaseitsiwe , Kgôsikgolo 
1910 to 1916 Seêpapitsô III a Bathoen , Kgôsikgolo 
1916 to 1918 Kgosimotse a Gaseitsiwe , acting Kgôsikgolo 
1918 to 1919 Malope a Makaba , acting Kgôsikgolo 
1919 to 1923 Tshosa Sebêgô a Keemanao , acting Kgôsikgolo 
1923 to 1924 Gagoangwe a Setshele , acting Kgôsikgolo
1924 to 1928 Ntebogang a Bathoen , acting Kgôsikgolo
1928 to 1 July 1969 Bathoen II a Seêpapitsô , Kgôsikgolo
(Bathoen Seepapitso Gaseitsiwe)
 
1969 to 1973 Seêpapitsô IV a Bathoen , Kgôsikgolo
(Seepapitso Bathoen Gaseitsiwe)
1st Term
1973 to 19?? Mookgami a Seêpapitsô , acting Kgôsikgolo
(Mookgami Gaseitsiwe)
 
19?? to 2010 Seêpapitsô IV a Bathoen , Kgôsikgolo
(Seepapitso Bathoen Gaseitsiwe)
2nd Term
October 2011 to present Malope II a Seêpapitsô , Kgôsikgolo
(Malope Seepapitso Gaseitsiwe)

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