Daniel Keatametse Kwelagobe (born September 1, 1943) was the Chairman of the Botswana Democratic Party and the longest serving Secretary General of the Botswana Democratic Party, having held the position from 1980 until 2007.
He is also the longest serving MP, with 45 years of service in the National Assembly of Botswana.
Kwelagobe previously served as Minister for Presidential Affairs on two occasions.
[1] He attended Gaborone Secondary School, and from 1968 followed a career in radio and journalism before beginning his political career when joining the Party and becoming the Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of State for Public Service, Information and Broadcasting, as well as serving as the minister for transport, communications, agriculture and housing in his career.
[2] He also served as the Minister of Presidential Affairs and Public Administration until President Ian Khama dismissed him in April 2009.