Post: | Prime Minister |
Body: | Lesotho |
Native Name: | Tona-Kholo |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg |
Insigniasize: | 125px |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Lesotho |
Incumbent: | Sam Matekane |
Incumbentsince: | 28 October 2022 |
Residence: | State House, Maseru |
Appointer: | Letsie III, |
Termlength: | 5 years, no fixed term |
Formation: | 6 May 1965 |
Inaugural: | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane |
Salary: | 562,734 LSL/36,650 USD annually[1] |
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.
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]
Portrait | Name | Elected | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) | |||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
1 | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane | 1965 | 1965 | 1965 | Basotho National Party | Elizabeth II | ||
2 | Leabua Jonathan | 1970 1985 | 1965 | 1986 | Basotho National Party | Moshoeshoe II | ||
– | Justin Metsing Lekhanya | — | 1986 | 1991 | Military | |||
Letsie III | ||||||||
– | Elias Phisoana Ramaema | — | 1991 | 1993 | Military | |||
3 | Ntsu Mokhehle | 1993 | 1993 | 1994 | Basutoland Congress Party | |||
– | Hae Phoofolo | — | 1994 | 1994 | Independent | |||
Ntsu Mokhehle | — | 1994 | 1998 | Basutoland Congress Party | ||||
Moshoeshoe II | ||||||||
Letsie III | ||||||||
Lesotho Congress for Democracy | ||||||||
4 | Pakalitha Mosisili | 1998 2002 2007 | 1998 | 2012 | Lesotho Congress for Democracy | |||
Democratic Congress | ||||||||
5 | Tom Thabane | 2012 | 2012 | 2015 | All Basotho Convention | |||
Pakalitha Mosisili | 2015 | 2015 | 2017 | Democratic Congress | ||||
Tom Thabane | 2017 | 2017 | 2020 | All Basotho Convention | ||||
6 | Moeketsi Majoro | — | 2020 | 2022 | All Basotho Convention | |||
7 | Sam Matekane | 2022 | 2022 | Incumbent | Revolution for Prosperity |