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Prime Minister of Lesotho
Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg
Coat of arms of Lesotho
Sam Matekane candidate (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Sam Matekane

since 28 October 2022
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

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 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.

List of officeholders

Political parties

     Basotho National Party      Basutoland Congress Party      Lesotho Congress for Democracy      Democratic Congress      All Basotho Convention      Revolution for Prosperity

Other factions

     Military      Independent

Status

     Chairman of the Military Council      Acting Prime Minister

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 Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
Elizabeth II
(1965–1966)
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 Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg
Moshoeshoe II
(1966–1990)
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 Ntsu Mokhehle.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
Ntsu Mokhehle.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 before the funeral of Shinzo Abe (1).jpg Moeketsi Majoro
(born 1961)
20 May 2020 28 October 2022 2 years, 161 days All Basotho Convention
7 Sam Matekane candidate (cropped).jpg Sam Matekane
(born 1958)
2022 28 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 58 days Revolution for Prosperity

Timeline

Sam Matekane Moeketsi Majoro Tom Thabane Pakalitha Mosisili Hae Phoofolo Ntsu Mokhehle Elias Phisoana Ramaema Justin Metsing Lekhanya Leabua Jonathan Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane

See also

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