The Honourable Pali Lehohla former Statistician-General of South Africa
Statistician-General of South Africa
In office 1 March 2000 – 1 March 2017
President	Cyril Ramaphosa
Succeeded by	Risenga Maluleke
Personal details
Born	Pali Lehohla (1963-02-01) 1 February 1963 (age 61)
Nationality	South African
Political party	African National Congress
Alma mater	University of Stellenbosch University of Ghana University of Pretoria University of Lesotho
Occupation	Politician trade union leader educator

Pali Lehohla (born 27 September 1957) is a South African analyst and public educator who was the former Statistician-General of South Africa^[1][2][3][4] from 2000 and the chair of Africa Symposium for Statistical Development (ASSD). He previously served as chair of the United Nations Statistics Commission, as well as Chair of Statistics Commission Africa.^[5]

Lehohla was born on 27 of September 1957. He has an honorary doctorate from the University of Stellenbosch, Certificate of Toponymy from University of Pretoria and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Lesotho.^[3][6] In the early 1990s, he worked with United Nations Statistics Commission and chair for the Sub-Group on Harmonization of Statistics in Africa, as well as the chief advisor to the Monitoring and Evaluation Committee (MOC) of the 2008 Population and Housing Census of Sudan.^[7]