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Prime Minister of Lesotho
Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg
Coat of arms of Lesotho
Matekane VOA (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Sam Matekane
since 28 October 2022
Style The Right Honorable
Residence State House, Maseru
Appointer Letsie III,
as King of Lesotho
Term length 5 years, no fixed term
Inaugural holder Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane
Formation 6 May 1965
Salary 562,734 LSL/36,650 USD annually

This is a list of prime ministers of Lesotho (Sotho: Tona-Kholo) 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.

List of officeholders

Political parties

     Basotho National Party (BNP)      Basutoland Congress Party (BCP)      Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)      Democratic Congress (DC)      All Basotho Convention (ABC)      Revolution for Prosperity (RFP)

Other factions

     Military      Independent

Status

     Chairman of the Military Council      Acting Prime Minister

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)		 Election Term of office Political party Monarch(s)
(Reign)
Took office Left office Time in office
1 No image.png Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane
(1918–1986)		 1965 6 May 1965 7 July 1965 62 days BNP Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg
Elizabeth II
(1965–1966)
2 Minister-president Jonathan van Lesotho (1970).jpg Leabua Jonathan
(1914–1987)		 1970
(annulled)
1985		 7 July 1965 20 January 1986
(deposed)		 20 years, 197 days BNP Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg
Moshoeshoe II
(1966–1990)
— No image.png Justin Metsing Lekhanya
(1938–2021)		 — 24 January 1986 2 May 1991
(deposed)		 5 years, 98 days Military
Letsie III.jpg
Letsie III
(1990–1995)
— No image.png Elias Phisoana Ramaema
(1933–2015)		 — 2 May 1991 2 April 1993 1 year, 335 days Military
3 Ntsu Mokhehle.png Ntsu Mokhehle
(1918–1999)		 1993 2 April 1993 17 August 1994
(deposed)		 1 year, 137 days BCP
— No image.png Hae Phoofolo
(born 1947)		 — 17 August 1994 14 September 1994 28 days Independent
Ntsu Mokhehle.png Ntsu Mokhehle
(1918–1999)		 — 14 September 1994 29 May 1998 3 years, 257 days BCP
(until 1997)
(3) Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg
Moshoeshoe II
(1995–1996)
Letsie III.jpg
Letsie III
(since 1996)
LCD
4 Pakalitha Mosisili with Obamas cropped.jpg Pakalitha Mosisili
(born 1945)		 1998
2002
2007		 29 May 1998 8 June 2012 14 years, 10 days LCD
(until 2011)
DC
5 Tom Thabane.jpg Tom Thabane
(born 1939)		 2012 8 June 2012 17 March 2015 2 years, 282 days ABC
(4) Pakalitha Mosisili with Obamas cropped.jpg Pakalitha Mosisili
(born 1945)		 2015 17 March 2015 16 June 2017 2 years, 91 days DC
(5) Tom Thabane.jpg Tom Thabane
(born 1939)		 2017 16 June 2017 19 May 2020 2 years, 339 days ABC
6 Moeketsi Majoro before the funeral of Shinzo Abe (1).jpg Moeketsi Majoro
(born 1961)		 — 20 May 2020 28 October 2022 2 years, 161 days ABC
7 Matekane VOA (cropped).jpg Sam Matekane
(born 1958)		 2022 28 October 2022 Incumbent 2 years, 98 days RFP

Timeline

Sam Matekane Moeketsi Majoro Tom Thabane Pakalitha Mosisili Hae Phoofolo Ntsu Mokhehle Elias Phisoana Ramaema Justin Metsing Lekhanya Leabua Jonathan Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane

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