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List of prime ministers of Lesotho

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Field	Value
post	Prime Minister
body	Lesotho
native_name	Tona-Kholo
insignia	Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg
insigniasize	125px
insigniacaption	Coat of arms of Lesotho
image	Sam Matekane.jpg
imagesize	165px
incumbent	Sam Matekane
incumbentsince	28 October 2022
style	The Right Honorable
residence	State House, Maseru
appointer	Letsie III,
as King of Lesotho
termlength	5 years, no fixed term
formation
inaugural	Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane
salary	/ annually

as King of Lesotho

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.

List of officeholders

;Political parties

;Other factions

;Status

No.	Portrait	Name
(Birth–Death)	Election	Term of office	Political party	Monarch(s)
(Reign)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Basotho National Party}}; color:white;"	1	Basotho National Party}}; color:white;"	2	Military rule}}; color:black;"	—	Military rule}}; color:black;"	—	Basutoland Congress Party}}; color:white;"	3	Independent politician}}; color:black;"	—	Basutoland Congress Party}}; color:;" height=40	Basutoland Congress Party}}; color:white;"	(3)	Basutoland Congress Party}}; color:;" height=40	Lesotho Congress for Democracy}}; color:;"	Lesotho Congress for Democracy}}; color:white;"	4	Democratic Congress}}; color:;"	All Basotho Convention}}; color:black;"	5	Democratic Congress}}; color:white;"	(4)	All Basotho Convention}}; color:black;"	(5)	All Basotho Convention}}; color:black;"	6	Revolution for Prosperity}}; color:white;"	7
[[File:No image.png	90px]]	Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane
(1918–1986)	1965	6 May 1965	7 July 1965		BNP	[[File:Queen Elizabeth II official portrait for 1959 tour (retouched) (cropped) (3-to-4 aspect ratio).jpg	80px]]
Elizabeth II
(1965–1966)
[[File:Minister-president Jonathan van Lesotho (1970).jpg	90px]]	Leabua Jonathan
(1914–1987)	1970
(annulled)
1985	7 July 1965	20 January 1986
(deposed)		BNP	[[File:Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg	80px]]
Moshoeshoe II
(1966–1990)
[[File:No image.png	90px]]	Justin Metsing Lekhanya
(1938–2021)	—	24 January 1986	2 May 1991
(deposed)		Military
[[File:Letsie III.jpg	80px]]
Letsie III
(1990–1995)
[[File:No image.png	90px]]	Elias Phisoana Ramaema
(1933–2015)	—	2 May 1991	2 April 1993		Military
[[File:Ntsu Mokhehle.png	90px]]	Ntsu Mokhehle
(1918–1999)	1993	2 April 1993	17 August 1994
(deposed)		BCP
[[File:No image.png	90px]]	Hae Phoofolo
(1947-2025)	—	17 August 1994	14 September 1994		Independent
[[File:Ntsu Mokhehle.png	90px]]	Ntsu Mokhehle
(1918–1999)	—	14 September 1994	29 May 1998		BCP
(until 1997)
[[File:Moshoeshoe II van Lesotho.jpg	80px]]
Moshoeshoe II
(1995–1996)
[[File:Letsie III.jpg	80px]]
Letsie III
(since 1996)
LCD
[[File:Pakalitha Mosisili with Obamas cropped.jpg	90px]]	Pakalitha Mosisili
(born 1945)	1998
2002
2007	29 May 1998	8 June 2012		LCD
(until 2011)
DC
[[File:Tom Thabane.jpg	90px]]	Tom Thabane
(born 1939)	2012	8 June 2012	17 March 2015		ABC
[[File:Pakalitha Mosisili with Obamas cropped.jpg	90px]]	Pakalitha Mosisili
(born 1945)	2015	17 March 2015	16 June 2017		DC
[[File:Tom Thabane.jpg	90px]]	Tom Thabane
(born 1939)	2017	16 June 2017	19 May 2020		ABC
[[File:Moeketsi Majoro before the funeral of Shinzo Abe (1).jpg	90px]]	Moeketsi Majoro
(born 1961)	—	20 May 2020	28 October 2022		ABC
[[File:Sam Matekane.jpg	90px]]	Sam Matekane
(born 1958)	2022	28 October 2022	Incumbent		RFP

Timeline

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id:gray1 value:gray(0.85) id:gray2 value:gray(0.95)

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bar:Maseribane from: 06/05/1965 till: 07/07/1965 color:bnp text:"Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane" bar:Jonathan from: 07/07/1965 till: 20/01/1986 color:bnp text:"Leabua Jonathan" bar:Lekhanya from: 24/01/1986 till: 02/05/1991 color:mil text:"Justin Metsing Lekhanya" bar:Ramaema from: 02/05/1991 till: 02/04/1993 color:mil text:"Elias Phisoana Ramaema" bar:Mokhehle from: 02/04/1993 till: 17/08/1994 color:bcp from: 14/09/1994 till: 01/01/1997 color:bcp from: 01/01/1997 till: 29/05/1998 color:lcd text:"Ntsu Mokhehle" bar:Phoofolo from: 17/08/1994 till: 14/09/1994 color:ind text:"Hae Phoofolo (acting)" bar:Mosisili from: 29/05/1998 till: 01/01/2011 color:lcd from: 01/01/2011 till: 08/06/2012 color:dc from: 17/03/2015 till: 16/06/2017 color:dc text:"Pakalitha Mosisili" bar:Thabane from: 08/06/2012 till: 17/03/2015 color:abc from: 16/06/2017 till: 19/05/2020 color:abc text:"Tom Thabane" bar:Majoro from: 20/05/2020 till: 28/10/2022 color:abc text:"Moeketsi Majoro" bar:Matekane from: 28/10/2022 till: $today color:rfp text:"Sam Matekane"

References

(27 December 2020). "The highest and lowest paid African presidents - Business Daily". Business Daily.
(28 October 2022). "Sam Matekane to be inaugurated as Lesotho's Prime Minister".

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