Duma Boko

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Duma Gideon Boko (born March 6, 1969 in Mahalapye ) is a Botswana politician ( Umbrella for Democratic Change , Botswana National Front ).

Life

Boko's father was a lecturer in the Madiba Brigades. In 1987 Duma Boko began studying law at the University of Botswana (UB), which he completed with an LL.B. completed. During this time he was a member of the Student Representative Council . He subsequently received in Stockholm a Diploma in Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (about: "Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ") and a Master of Law of the University of Lund in collaboration with the local Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law . According to other sources, he received his M.LL. at Harvard Law School , having previously served as a Staff Development Fellow at the UB.

In 1993, Boko was admitted to the bar, but worked from 1993 to 2003 as a law lecturer at the University Library. From 2003 to 2008 he ran a law firm. From 2005 to 2006 he was part of a legal team representing Basarwa from the Central Kalahari Game Reserve who fought against their planned relocation and achieved partial success in the process.

In 2010, Boko took over the chairmanship of the opposition Botswana National Front (BNF). In 2012 he led the BNF into the umbrella organization Umbrella for Democratic Change (UDC), of which he became president. In the 2014 election, the UDC received 17 of the 57 elective seats, including one for Boko. Before the elections, Boko said he was on a government death list along with other party members . He became opposition leader after the election and ran again for the UDC in the 2019 election . If he had won the election, he would have become president. However, he lost his seat in the constituency of Gaborone Bonnington North to Annie Mokghethi of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party and could not become opposition leader again.

Boko has been married to Kaone Boko, nee Mokganedi, since 2015. They have a son together.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Duma Boko. udc.org.bw (English), accessed on October 22, 2019
  2. ^ Advocate Boko was a judge's favorite jurisprudence lecturer at UB. sundaystandard.info of April 16, 2018 (English), accessed on October 22, 2019
  3. ↑ We're on the government's hit list - Botswana opposition leader. Mail & Guardian of October 23, 2016 (English), accessed October 22, 2019
  4. ↑ Lorato Gaofise: Mokgethi bags Gaborone Bonnington North. dailynews.gov.bw of October 24, 2019 (English), accessed on January 12, 2020
  5. ↑ Chippa Legodimo: Boko's simple wedding. mmegi.bw of March 16, 2015 (English), accessed on October 22, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Boko, Duma
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Boko, Duma Gideon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Botswana politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH Mahalapye