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Phenyo Butale: Foreign minister, Botswana

Phenyo Butale is the foreign minister of Botswana, listed by the United Nations as “Minister of International Relations of the Republic of Botswana”.

Posts held

• Minister of International Relations of the Republic of Botswana (foreign minister), Botswana. Part of level 6: National government.
  Source: Heads of State, Heads of Government, Ministers for Foreign Affairs: Public List (United Nations Protocol and Liaison Service), list dated 15 October 2026, read 20 October 2026.

Where Phenyo Butale sits in the ladder of power

As foreign minister, Phenyo Butale works at level 6: National government, above the regions, states and councils of Botswana (regions, cities).

Above that, Botswana is a member of:

• African Union level 7
• United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) level 8
• International Monetary Fund level 9
• World Bank Group level 9

Who else holds power in Botswana

• Duma Gideon Boko President of the Republic of Botswana, Botswana

Where these facts come from

Every post above is copied from an official record, linked beside it with the date it was read. The UN Protocol and Liaison Service publishes the list governments give it of their head of state, head of government and foreign minister. Names are as the source prints them, without honorifics. How this site is made.

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