Thapelo Matsheka

Thapelo Matsheka is a Motswana politician and economist who has been serving as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development since November 2019. He was elected as the Member of the National Assembly for Lobatse in October 2019. He is a member of the Botswana Democratic Party. Matsheka is the former Managing Director of Fiducia Services.
Career.
Matsheka was the Chief Executive Officer of Citizen Entrepreneurship Development Agency, the government’s entrepreneurship scheme, from 2003 to 2010. He then worked for AON Botswana before resigning to form Fiducia Services in August 2017.
For the 2019 general election, Matsheka was the Botswana Democratic Party's parliamentary candidate for Lobatse. He was elected and succeeded Sadique Kebonang. President Mokgweetsi Masisi appointed him as the Minister of Finance and Economic Development on 6 November 2019, and he took office on the same day. He delivered his first budget speech in February 2020.