Louis Matshwenyego Fisher was commander of the Botswana Defence Force

Botswana Defence Force

The Botswana Defence Force is the military of Botswana. It was formed in 1977 and has approximately 9,000 members. The commander is Lieutenant General Tebogo Masire. The commander in chief is the President of Botswana...

 (BDF) from 1998 to 2006. He is a recipient of the Légion d'honneur

Légion d'honneur

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 and a Presidential Order of Honour.

Born in the village of Tsau in Ngamiland District, now part of North-West District

North-West District (Botswana)

North-West District Council is one of the local authorities of Botswana. It was established in 1966, overlapping the administrative districts of Chobe and Ngamiland...

, Fisher received his primary education

Primary education

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 in Maun

Maun

Maun is the fifth largest town in Botswana. As of 2001, it had a population of 43,776. It is an eclectic mix of modern buildings and native huts. Maun is the "tourism capital" of Botswana and the administrative centre of Ngamiland district...

, at the Moremi III Primary School, and his secondary education

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 at Materi Spei College in Francistown

Francistown

Francistown or Nyangabgwe is the second largest city in Botswana, with a population of about 85,363, and often described as the "Capital of the North". It is located in eastern Botswana, about north-northeast from the capital, Gaborone...

. He attended the University of Botswana

University of Botswana

The University of Botswana, or UB was established in 1982 as the first institution of higher education in Botswana. The university has four campuses: two in the capital city Gaborone, one in Francistown, and another in Maun. The university is divided into six faculties: Business, Education,...

 and graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts

Bachelor of Arts

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 degree in political science

Political science

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. He joined the BDF the same year.

Over the next twenty years, Fisher attended and graduated from the Command and General Staff College

Command and General Staff College

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 (CGSC), the U.S. Army War College

U.S. Army War College

The United States Army War College is a United States Army school located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, on the 500 acre campus of the historic Carlisle Barracks...

 (USAWC), and the Naval Postgraduate School

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, and acquired master's degree

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s in Business Administration

Master of Business Administration

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 and Public Administration

Master of Public Administration

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. In 1998, he was inducted into the International Officer Hall of Fame of the CGSC and the International Fellows Hall of Fame of the USAWC.

He assumed command of the BDF in 1998, succeeding Seretse Ian Khama,
son of ex-President Sir Seretse Khama

Seretse Khama

Sir Seretse Khama, KBE was a statesman from Botswana. Born into one of the more powerful of the royal families of what was then the British Protectorate of Bechuanaland, and educated abroad in neighbouring South Africa and in the United Kingdom, he returned home—with a popular but controversial...

, paramount chief of the Bangwato tribe, and current President of Botswana.
He retired on November 1, 2006, succeeded by Tebogo Masire

Tebogo Masire

Tebogo Masire is the former deputy commanderand current commander of the Botswana Defence Force . He assumed the post on November 1, 2006, succeeding Lt. Gen. Louis Matshwenyego Fisher....

.

Fisher is now a senior lecturer

Senior lecturer

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at Southern African Defence and Security Management Network's Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies.