This is a list of prime ministers of Lesotho since the creation of the post of Prime Minister of Lesotho in 1965, to the present day.
List
No.
|
Prime Minister (Birth–Death)
|
Portrait
|
Tenure
|
Elected
|
Political affiliation
|
Monarch(s) (Reign)
|
Took office
|
Left office
|
Time in office
|
1
|
Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986)
|
|
6 May 1965
|
7 July 1965
|
62 days
|
1965
|
|
Basotho National Party
|
Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990)
|
2
|
Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987)
|
|
7 July 1965
|
20 January 1986 (deposed.)
|
20 years, 197 days
|
1970 (annulled.) 1985
|
|
Basotho National Party
|
–
|
Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–)
|
|
24 January 1986
|
2 May 1991 (deposed.)
|
5 years, 98 days
|
–
|
|
Military
|
Letsie III (1990–1995)
|
–
|
Elias Phisoana Ramaema (1933–2015)
|
|
2 May 1991
|
2 April 1993
|
1 year, 335 days
|
–
|
|
Military
|
3
|
Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999)
|
|
2 April 1993
|
17 August 1994
|
1 year, 137 days
|
1993
|
|
Basutoland Congress Party
|
–
|
Hae Phoofolo (1946?–)
|
|
17 August 1994
|
14 September 1994
|
28 days
|
–
|
|
Independent
|
(3)
|
Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999)
|
|
14 September 1994
|
29 May 1998
|
3 years, 257 days
|
–
|
|
Basutoland Congress Party (until 1997.)
|
|
Moshoeshoe II (1995–1996)
|
|
Letsie III (1996–)
|
|
Lesotho Congress for Democracy
|
4
|
Pakalitha Mosisili (1945–)
|
|
29 May 1998
|
8 June 2012
|
14 years, 10 days
|
1998 2002 2007
|
|
Lesotho Congress for Democracy (until 2011.)
|
|
Democratic Congress
|
5
|
Tom Thabane (1939–)
|
|
8 June 2012
|
17 March 2015
|
2 years, 282 days
|
2012
|
|
All Basotho Convention
|
(4)
|
Pakalitha Mosisili (1945–)
|
|
17 March 2015
|
16 June 2017
|
2 years, 91 days
|
2015
|
|
Democratic Congress
|
(5)
|
Tom Thabane (1939–)
|
|
16 June 2017
|
19 may 2020
|
7 years, 162 days
|
2017
|
|
All Basotho Convention
|
6
|
Moeketsi Majoro (1961–)
|
|
20 May 2020
|
28 October 2022
|
2 years, 161 days
|
|
|
All Basotho Convention
|
7
|
Sam Matekane (1958–)
|
|
28 October 2022
|
|
2 years, 28 days
|
2022
|
|
Revolution for Prosperity
|
References
List of presidents of Lesotho