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Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force

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Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force
Incumbent Lieutenant General Mojalefa Letsoela since 23 January 2018
Reports to	Minister of Defence
Appointer	Government of Lesotho
Formation	1978
Website	Official website

The Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force is the professional head of the Defence Force. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Lesotho military.

List of chiefs[edit]

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (May 2019)

Commander	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Defence branch	Ref.
Mosakeng, MakhulaLieutenant general Makhula Mosakeng	?	12 September 1998	?	Lesotho Army	^[1]
Mosakeng, MakhulaLieutenant general Makhula Mosakeng	2000	October 2004	3–4 years	Lesotho Army	^[2]
Motanyane, ThusoLieutenant general Thuso Motanyane (born 1954)	October 2004	24 August 2011	6 years, 10 months	Lesotho Army	^[3]^[4]
Lekanyane, PhatoliMajor general Phatoli Lekanyane	24 August 2011	15 March 2012	6 months	Lesotho Army	^[4]^[5]
Kamoli, TlaliLieutenant general Tlali Kamoli (born 1966)	15 March 2012	29 August 2014	2 years, 6 months	Lesotho Army	^[5]^[6]
Mahao, MaaparankoeLieutenant general Maaparankoe Mahao (1968–2015)	29 August 2014	February 2015	5 months	Lesotho Army	^[6]
Kamoli, TlaliLieutenant general Tlali Kamoli (born 1966)	February 2015	1 December 2016	1 year, 10 months	Lesotho Army	^[6]^[7]^[8]
Motšomotšo, KhoantleLieutenant general Khoantle Motšomotšo (?–2017)	1 December 2016	5 September 2017 †	278 days	Lesotho Army	^[9]^[10]
Poopa, LineoMajor general Lineo Poopa Acting	5 September 2017	23 January 2018	171 days	Lesotho Army	^[10]
Letsoela, MojalefaLieutenant general Mojalefa Letsoela	23 January 2018	Incumbent	6 years, 160 days	Lesotho Air Squadron	^[8]^[10]

References[edit]

^ Selsky, Andrew. "Report: Lesotho Chief Forced Out". apnews.com/. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

^ Sunday Express (26 September 2017). "'Include Local Security Experts In Reforms'". sundayexpress.co.ls. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

^ Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard F. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press. pp. 386–387. ISBN 9780810879829. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b defenceWeb (1 September 2011). "Lesotho defence force gets new chief". Retrieved 5 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b Lesotho Times (21 March 2012). "Shake-Up In Lesotho Defence Force". lestimes.com. Retrieved 5 May 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c Peta, Basildon (13 October 2017). Ex-LDF chief Kamoli faces police interrogation. Pretoria News. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

^ Army chief steps down after negotiations with the government. Economist Intelligence Unit. Published 10 November 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2019.

^ ^a ^b Lesotho Times (9 February 2018). "New Army Chief Speaks". Lesotho Times. Retrieved 20 May 2019.

^ Ngatane, Nthakoana (1 December 2016). "Lesotho army commander retires". sabc.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 April 2017. Retrieved 29 November 2021.

^ ^a ^b ^c Govt appoints new army commander. Lesotho Times. Published 27 January 2018.