List of prime ministers of Lesotho
This is a list of Prime Ministers of Lesotho since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Lesotho in 1965, to the present day.
| Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | The Right Honorable |
| Residence | State House, Maseru |
| Appointer | Letsie III, as King of Lesotho |
| Term length | 5 years |
| Inaugural holder | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane |
| Formation | 6 May 1965 |
| Deputy | Mathibeli Mokhothu |
| Salary | 36,650 USD annually[1] |
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
- Other factions
- 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 |  |
Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986) |
1965 | 6 May 1965 | 7 July 1965 | 62 days | Basotho National Party |  Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) |
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Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987) |
1970 (annulled.) 1985 |
7 July 1965 | 20 January 1986 (deposed.) |
20 years, 197 days | Basotho National Party | |
| – | |
Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–2021) |
— | 24 January 1986 | 2 May 1991 (deposed.) |
5 years, 98 days | Military | |
 Letsie III (1990–1995) | ||||||||
| – | |
Elias Phisoana Ramaema (1933–2015) |
— | 2 May 1991 | 2 April 1993 | 1 year, 335 days | Military | |
| 3 | |
Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) |
1993 | 2 April 1993 | 17 August 1994 | 1 year, 137 days | Basutoland Congress Party | |
| – | |
Hae Phoofolo (born 1947) |
— | 17 August 1994 | 14 September 1994 | 28 days | Independent | |
|
Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) |
— | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | Basutoland Congress Party (until 1997.) | ||
| (3) | Moshoeshoe II (1995–1996) | |||||||
Letsie III (since 1996) | ||||||||
| Lesotho Congress for Democracy | ||||||||
| 4 |  |
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 (born 1939) |
2012 | 8 June 2012 | 17 March 2015 | 2 years, 282 days | All Basotho Convention | |
| (4) | |
Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) |
2015 | 17 March 2015 | 16 June 2017 | 2 years, 91 days | Democratic Congress | |
| (5) | |
Tom Thabane (born 1939) |
2017 | 16 June 2017 | 19 May 2020 | 2 years, 339 days | All Basotho Convention | |
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Moeketsi Majoro (born 1961) |
— | 20 May 2020 | Incumbent | 263 days | All Basotho Convention | |
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Lesotho |
References
- "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily.
- "Moeketsi Majoro to be sworn in as Lesotho PM on Wednesday". EWN. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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