List of prime ministers of Lesotho

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Prime Minister of the
Kingdom of Lesotho
Tona-Kholo
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Coat of arms of Lesotho
Moeketsi Majoro (01910409) (9654273280) (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Moeketsi Majoro
since 20 May 2020
StyleThe Right Honorable
ResidenceState House, Maseru
AppointerLetsie III,
as King of Lesotho
Term length5 years
Inaugural holderSekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane
Formation6 May 1965
DeputyMathibeli Mokhothu
Salary36,650 USD annually[1]

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.

A total of six people have served as Prime Minister of Lesotho (not counting one Acting Prime Ministers 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 Moeketsi Majoro, who was sworn in on 20 May 2020 after the resignation of Tom Thabane.[2]

Key[]

Political parties
  •   Basotho National Party
  •   Basutoland Congress Party
  •   Lesotho Congress for Democracy
  •   Democratic Congress
  •   All Basotho Convention
Other factions
  •   Military
  •   Independent
Status
  •   Chairman of the Military Council
  •   Acting Prime Minister

List of officeholders[]

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death) 		Elected Term of office Political party Monarch(s)
(Reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 No image.png Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane
(1918–1986) 		1965 6 May 1965 7 July 1965 62 days Basotho National Party Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg
Moshoeshoe II
(1966–1990)
2 Minister-president Jonathan van Lesotho (1970).jpg Leabua Jonathan
(1914–1987) 		1970
(annulled.)
1985 		7 July 1965 20 January 1986
(deposed.) 		20 years, 197 days Basotho National Party
– No image.png Justin Metsing Lekhanya
(1938–2021) 		— 24 January 1986 2 May 1991
(deposed.) 		5 years, 98 days Military
Letsie III.jpg
Letsie III
(1990–1995)
– No image.png Elias Phisoana Ramaema
(1933–2015) 		— 2 May 1991 2 April 1993 1 year, 335 days Military
3 No image.png Ntsu Mokhehle
(1918–1999) 		1993 2 April 1993 17 August 1994 1 year, 137 days Basutoland Congress Party
– No image.png Hae Phoofolo
(born 1947) 		— 17 August 1994 14 September 1994 28 days Independent
No image.png Ntsu Mokhehle
(1918–1999) 		— 14 September 1994 29 May 1998 3 years, 257 days Basutoland Congress Party
(until 1997.)
(3) Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg
Moshoeshoe II
(1995–1996)
Letsie III.jpg
Letsie III
(since 1996)
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
4 Pakalitha Mosisili with Obamas cropped.jpg Pakalitha Mosisili
(born 1945) 		1998
2002
2007 		29 May 1998 8 June 2012 14 years, 10 days Lesotho Congress for Democracy
(until 2011.)
Democratic Congress
5 Tom Thabane.jpg Tom Thabane
(born 1939) 		2012 8 June 2012 17 March 2015 2 years, 282 days All Basotho Convention
(4) Pakalitha Mosisili with Obamas cropped.jpg Pakalitha Mosisili
(born 1945) 		2015 17 March 2015 16 June 2017 2 years, 91 days Democratic Congress
(5) Tom Thabane.jpg Tom Thabane
(born 1939) 		2017 16 June 2017 19 May 2020 2 years, 339 days All Basotho Convention
6 Moeketsi Majoro (01910409) (9654273280) (cropped).jpg Moeketsi Majoro
(born 1961) 		— 20 May 2020 Incumbent 1 year, 295 days All Basotho Convention
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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily.
  2. ^ "Moeketsi Majoro to be sworn in as Lesotho PM on Wednesday". EWN. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

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