User:Batlang C. Serema/sandbox

Born on 25th March 1965 in Tonota. Dr Serema was appointed High Commissioner to the Republic of Namibia in February 2020. He is resident in Windhoek and is also accredited as High Commissioner to the Republic of Angola and Republic of Congo. He joined Foreign Service in the Ministry of International Affairs and Cooperation in 2020. He served successively as Assistant District Officer (Lands) within the Ministry of Local Government and Lands in 1991; Senior Research Officer in the Botswana National Assembly in 1993 and was later promoted to Principal Information and Public Relations Officer. He worked as a Lecturer at the University of Botswana and later promoted to Senior Lecturer. He worked as Executive Secretary of the Botswana Democratic Party in 2005. He served in a number of Boards such as Botswana Football Association (BFA), Botswana National Library Services (BNLS), Botswana National Archives and Records Services (BNARS), Botswana Communications Regulatory Authority (BOCRA), Information Academy (IA), EIA Projects and Botswana National Productivity Centre (BNPC).

Dr Serema holds BA, Msc and a PhD which combines public policy analysis, information analysis and well as business planning and financial analysis from the University of Botswana, Robert Gordon University and University College London respectively. He is married, with three daughters and a grandson.