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 Basutoland National Council. [1] Walter P. Stanford was the speaker of the National Council from 1961 to 1965. [2] Below is a list of office-holders:

NameTook officeLeft officeNotes
Walter P. Stanford 19651970First post-independent speaker [3] [4] [2]
In abeyance19701973 [5]
John Teboho Kolane 197320 January 1986Speaker of the Interim National Assembly [6] [7]
Dissolved20 January 19861990 [8]
John Teboho Kolane 19901992Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly [6]
John Teboho Kolane 19931999Died in office [6]
Ntlhoi Motsamai 19992012First female speaker [9]
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane 6 June 20122015 [10] [11]
Ntlhoi Motsamai 10 March 201512 June 2017 [12]
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane 12 June 201725 October 2022 [13]
Tlohang Sekhamane 25 October 2022Incumbent [14]

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References

  1. ↑ "Lesotho : History". Archived from the original on 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
  2. 1 2 "Bokmakierie". 1979.
  3. ↑ Obituary: Walter Stanford, The Guardian, 17 April 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". 1970.
  5. ↑ "The Parliamentarian". 1973.
  6. 1 2 3 Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard (2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN   978-0810879829.
  7. ↑ "Eighth conference of commonwealth speakers and presiding officers New Delhi (India) - Proceedings" (PDF). 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-22.
  8. ↑ "LESOTHO: Parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1993".
  9. ↑ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 392.
  10. ↑ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 389.
  11. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2012".
  12. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2015".
  13. ↑ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), General information".
  14. ↑ "Honourable Sekhamane elected Speaker of National Assembly".
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