# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/dorcas-makgato-malesu
# Generated: 2026-08-16T03:30:48.398Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/dorcas-makgato-malesu"
name: "Dorcas Makgato-Malesu"
slug: "dorcas-makgato-malesu"
description: "Dorcas Makgato is a Motswana businesswoman. She was born in Serowe, Botswana, and grew up in the capital city Gaborone. She served as a Minister in the Cabinet of Botswana. She was also one of the young hopefuls that marked the 10th anniversary of Botswana's independence with a march past for the first President in 1976. From 2019 she has been serving as Botswana's ambassador to Australia. Makgetho Malesu completed her tenure as Botswana's High Commissioner to Australia in 2023 and served in this diplomatic role for four years before returning to Botswana."
tagline: "Botswana politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Dorcas_Makgato-Malesu_2012_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1953"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             6
  historical:           7.734593333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "DorcasMakgato"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/Dorcas%20Kobela%20Makgato"
    handle:    "Dorcas Kobela Makgato"
sources:
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    title: "Wikiquote"
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    title: "Dorcas Makgato-Malesu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas_Makgato-Malesu"
    title: "Dorcas Makgato-Malesu"
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  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorcas_Makgato-Malesu"
    title: "Dorcas Makgato-Malesu"
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    title: "Dorcas Makgato-Malesu"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Dorcas Makgato-Malesu"
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    title: "ڈورکاس ماکگاٹو ملیسو"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump