The history of people living in the area now known as Lesotho goes back as many as 400 years. Present Lesotho emerged as a single polity under King Moshoeshoe I in 1822. Under Moshoeshoe I,Basotho joined other clans in their struggle against the Lifaqane associated with famine and the reign of Shaka Zulu from 1818 to 1828.
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.
Joseph Leabua Jonathan was the first prime minister of Lesotho. He succeeded Chief Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane following a by-election and held that post from 1965 to 1986.
The Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) is a political party in Lesotho.
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.
The Basotho National Party is a political party in Lesotho,founded in 1959 in colonial Basutoland as the Basutoland National Party by Leabua Jonathan. He was Prime Minister from the 1965 general election until the 1986 coup d'état.
General Justin Metsing Lekhanya was the Minister of Defence and Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho from 24 January 1986 to 2 May 1991.
Khauhelo Deborah Raditapole was a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Lesotho. Raditapole was born in Maseru on 7 August 1938. She had her earlier education in Lesotho,but obtained her Pharmacy degree from Lvov Medical School at Ukraine and completed her higher studies in the US. She worked in a teaching hospital in Tanzania for 10 years as she was denied entry to Lesotho. She returned to Lesotho in 1987 at the invitation of the then Principal Secretary for Health Tom Thabane.
Ntsu Mokhehle was a Lesotho politician. He founded Basutoland African Congress (BAC) in 1952. He founded Basutoland Congress Party in 1957 then later in 1997 founded Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). He served as the third prime minister of Lesotho from 2 April 1993 to 17 August 1994 and from 14 September 1994 to 29 May 1998.
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.
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.
Mothetjoa Metsing is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Lesotho. He is a member and current leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD). He served in the government of Prime Minister Tom Thabane between 2012 and 2015. In 2014,he was involved in controversy over an alleged coup attempt against the prime minister that was eventually resolved over calls for an early election.
'Makabelo Priscilla Mosothoane is a Lesotho politician who served as the country's Minister for Education and Training from 2012 to 2015,in the government of Tom Thabane. She worked as a nurse and schoolteacher prior to entering politics,and was also president of the local branch of the Red Cross Society.
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 Alliance of Democrats is a political party in Lesotho.
Evaristus Rets'elisitsoe Sekhonyana was a Lesotho politician and diplomat who served in a number of cabinet positions during the kingdom's history,including Minister of Foreign Affairs. Among other positions he held was minister of justice. Sekhonyana had also served as the leader of the Basotho National Party,which ruled the country from the 1986 military coup until the 1990s.
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.
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.
