List of speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho
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List of speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho.
The National Assembly was established in 1965 and was preceded by .[1] was the speaker of the National Council from 1961 to 1965.[2] Below is a list of office-holders:
Name | Took office | Left office | Notes |
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1965 | 1970 | First post-independent speaker[3][4][2] | |
In abeyance | 1970 | 1973 | [5] |
1973 | 20 January 1986 | Speaker of the Interim National Assembly[6][7] | |
Dissolved | 20 January 1986 | 1990 | [8] |
1990 | 1992 | Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly[6] | |
1993 | 1999 | Died in office[6] | |
Ntlhoi Motsamai | 1999 | 2012 | First female speaker[9] |
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane | 6 June 2012 | 2015 | [10][11] |
Ntlhoi Motsamai | 10 March 2015 | 12 June 2017 | [12] |
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane | 12 June 2017 | Incumbent | [13] |
References[]
- ^ "Lesotho : History".
- ^ a b "Bokmakierie". 1979.
- ^ Obituary: Walter Stanford, The Guardian, 17 April 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
- ^ "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". 1970.
- ^ "The Parliamentarian". 1973.
- ^ a b c Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard (2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0810879829.
- ^ https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/761900/1/Commonwealth_Speakers_Presiding_Officers_Conference_Proceedings_.pdf
- ^ "LESOTHO: Parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1993".
- ^ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 392.
- ^ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 389.
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2012".
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2015".
- ^ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), General information".
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