This is a list of prime ministers of Lesotho (Sotho: Tona-Kholo) since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Lesotho in 1965, to the present day.
| Prime Minister of Lesotho | |
|---|---|
| Tona-Kholo | |
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| Style | The Right Honorable |
| Residence | State House, Maseru |
| Appointer | Letsie III, as King of Lesotho |
| Term length | 5 years, no fixed term |
| Inaugural holder | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane |
| Formation | 6 May 1965 |
| Salary | 562,734 LSL/36,650 USD annually[1] |
A total of seven people have served as Prime Minister of Lesotho (not counting one Acting Prime Minister and two Chairmen of the Military Council). Additionally, three persons, Ntsu Mokhehle, Pakalitha Mosisili and Tom Thabane, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister is Sam Matekane, who was sworn in on 28 October 2022.[2]
List of officeholders
edit- Political parties
Basotho National Party (BNP)
Democratic Congress (DC)
All Basotho Convention (ABC)
- Other factions
- Status
Chairman of the Military Council
Acting Prime Minister
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Election | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) (Reign) | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986) |
1965 | 6 May 1965 | 7 July 1965 | 62 days | BNP | _(cropped)_(3-to-4_aspect_ratio).jpg) Elizabeth II (1965–1966) |
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Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987) |
1970 (annulled) 1985 |
7 July 1965 | 20 January 1986 (deposed) |
20 years, 197 days | BNP |  Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) |
| — |
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Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–2021) |
— | 24 January 1986 | 2 May 1991 (deposed) |
5 years, 98 days | Military | |
 Letsie III (1990–1995) | ||||||||
| — |
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Elias Phisoana Ramaema (1933–2015) |
— | 2 May 1991 | 2 April 1993 | 1 year, 335 days | Military | |
| 3 | 
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Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) |
1993 | 2 April 1993 | 17 August 1994 | 1 year, 137 days | BCP | |
| — |
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Hae Phoofolo (born 1947) |
— | 17 August 1994 | 14 September 1994 | 28 days | Independent | |
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Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) |
— | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | BCP (until 1997) | ||
| (3) | Moshoeshoe II (1995–1996) | |||||||
| Letsie III (since 1996) | ||||||||
| LCD | ||||||||
| 4 | 
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Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) |
1998 2002 2007 |
29 May 1998 | 8 June 2012 | 14 years, 10 days | LCD (until 2011) | |
| DC | ||||||||
| 5 | 
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Tom Thabane (born 1939) |
2012 | 8 June 2012 | 17 March 2015 | 2 years, 282 days | ABC | |
| (4) |
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Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) |
2015 | 17 March 2015 | 16 June 2017 | 2 years, 91 days | DC | |
| (5) |
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Tom Thabane (born 1939) |
2017 | 16 June 2017 | 19 May 2020 | 2 years, 339 days | ABC | |
| 6 | .jpg)
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Moeketsi Majoro (born 1961) |
— | 20 May 2020 | 28 October 2022 | 2 years, 161 days | ABC | |
| 7 |
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Sam Matekane (born 1958) |
2022 | 28 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 17 days | RFP | |
Timeline
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily. 27 December 2020.
- ^ "Sam Matekane to be inaugurated as Lesotho's Prime Minister". SABC News. 28 October 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.