Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili is a former Mosotho politician who was the fourth prime minister of Lesotho from May 1998 to June 2012 and again from March 2015 to June 2017. He led the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) to a near-total victory in the 1998 election,and under his leadership the party also won majorities in the 2002 and 2007 elections. While serving as Prime Minister,Mosisili was also Minister of Defence.
Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa is a Lesotho politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lesotho from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Cabinet beginning in July 2001,first as Minister of Finance,then as Foreign Minister,Minister of Education,and starting in March 2007 as Foreign Minister again.
Thomas Motsoahae Thabane is a Mosotho politician who was the fifth prime minister of Lesotho from 2012 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2020. He founded the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in 2006 and led the party until 2022.
Monyane Moleleki is a Mosotho politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Lesotho,as well as Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,from 2017 to 2020. As a leading figure in the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD),Moleleki was Minister of Natural Resources from 1993 to 1994,Minister of Information from 1996 to 1998,Minister of Natural Resources from 1998 to 2004,Minister of Foreign Affairs from 2004 to 2007,and Minister of Natural Resources from 2007 to 2012. After breaking with the LCD,Moleleki served as Deputy Leader of the Democratic Congress and was Minister of Police from 2015 to 2016. He left the Democratic Congress and launched a new party,the Alliance of Democrats,in 2017.
The All Basotho Convention is a political party in Lesotho. The party was formed in October 2006 and founded by Tom Thabane,a former minister in the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) led by the government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili. Nkaku Kabi has led the party since February 2022.
Pontso S. M. Sekatle is a politician and academic in Lesotho. Sekatle lectured at the National University of Lesotho from 1984 to 2001. In June 2001,she was appointed to the Senate of Lesotho,and on July 6,2001 she became Minister of Health and Social Welfare. She was a member of the Qacha's Nek constituency for third time with the win in the elections in 2012 and was appointed the Minister of Local government and Chieftainship Affairs.
Kelebone Albert Maope is a politician from Lesotho. He served in the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) and Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) governments during the 1990s before splitting from the LCD in 2001 to form his own party,the Lesotho People's Congress (LPC).
On 30 August 2014,Lesotho's Prime Minister Tom Thabane alleged that a coup d'état had been launched against him. This followed a previous allegation which caused him to suspend parliament over possible extra-constitutional manoeuvres. It also followed pressure from South Africa to maintain the democratic process. The next day,Deputy Prime Minister Mothetjoa Metsing assumed responsibility for running the government. An early election was held in February 2015 as a result of South African-led Southern African Development Community (SADC) mediation,giving power to the opposition.
General elections were held in Lesotho on 28 February 2015 for all 120 seats of the National Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho,more than two years ahead of schedule due to the 2014 political crisis. Following mediation facilitated by the Southern African Development Community (SADC),King Letsie III on the advice of the incumbent Prime Minister Tom Thabane,dissolved the Eighth Parliament and called a snap election.
Early general elections were held in Lesotho on 3 June 2017 to elect all 120 seats of the National Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament. The elections were called more than three years ahead of schedule due to a successful vote of no confidence against the incumbent Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili.
The following lists events that happened during 2020 in Southern Africa. The countries are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for Africa|Southern Africa.
The COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The virus was confirmed to have reached Lesotho on 13 May 2020.
Mathibeli Edwin Mokhothu is a Mosotho educator and politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho,as well as the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs,from 2020 to 2022. A member of the Democratic Congress,he is the party's leader and previous deputy leader. He was formerly the Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly before the party formed part of a coalition with the All Basotho Convention in May 2020. From 2015 to 2017,he served as the Minister of Gender,Youth,Sports and Recreation. Mokhothu is the MP for the Qhoali No. 68 constituency.
'Matšepo Ramakoae is a Lesotho politician. She was serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations from May 2020 to October 2022. She is the legislator from the Matsieng constituency No. 45. Ramakoae served as the Deputy Minister of Finance from 2012 until 2015.
The Ministry of Finance of Lesotho is responsible for the public finances of Lesotho.
The following lists events that happened during 2021 in Southern Africa. The countries are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for Southern Africa.
General elections were held in Lesotho on 7 October 2022 to elect all 120 members of the National Assembly,the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho.
The following lists events that happened during 2022 in Southern Africa. The countries are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for Southern Africa.
The Socialist Revolutionaries is a political party in Lesotho founded in October 2017 by Teboho Mojapela,a former member of the ABC. The party was registered on 28 January 2018.
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