| Prime Minister of Lesotho | |
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| Tona-Kholo | |
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Sam Matekane since 28 October 2022 | |
| Style | The Right Honorable |
| Residence | State House, Maseru |
| Appointer | Letsie III, asKing 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[1] |
This is a list of prime ministersofLesotho (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.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) |
Elected | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) (Reign) | ||
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| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
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Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986) |
1965 | 6 May 1965 | 7 July 1965 | 62 days | Basotho National Party |  Elizabeth II (1965–1966) |
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Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987) |
1970 (annulled) 1985 |
7 July 1965 | 20 January 1986 (deposed) |
20 years, 197 days | Basotho National Party |  Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) |
| – |
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Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–2021) |
— | 24 January 1986 | 2 May 1991 (deposed) |
5 years, 98 days | Military | |
 Letsie III (1990–1995) | ||||||||
| – |
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Elias Phisoana Ramaema (1933–2015) |
— | 2 May 1991 | 2 April 1993 | 1 year, 335 days | Military | |
| 3 | 
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Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) |
1993 | 2 April 1993 | 17 August 1994 | 1 year, 137 days | Basutoland Congress Party | |
| – |
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Hae Phoofolo (born 1947) |
— | 17 August 1994 | 14 September 1994 | 28 days | Independent | |
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Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) |
— | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | Basutoland Congress Party (until 1997) | ||
| (3) | Moshoeshoe II (1995–1996) | |||||||
Letsie III (since 1996) | ||||||||
| Lesotho Congress for Democracy | ||||||||
| 4 | 
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Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) |
1998 2002 2007 |
29 May 1998 | 8 June 2012 | 14 years, 10 days | Lesotho Congress for Democracy (until 2011) | |
| Democratic Congress | ||||||||
| 5 | 
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Tom Thabane (born 1939) |
2012 | 8 June 2012 | 17 March 2015 | 2 years, 282 days | All Basotho Convention | |
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Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) |
2015 | 17 March 2015 | 16 June 2017 | 2 years, 91 days | Democratic Congress | |
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Tom Thabane (born 1939) |
2017 | 16 June 2017 | 19 May 2020 | 2 years, 339 days | All Basotho Convention | |
| 6 | 
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Moeketsi Majoro (born 1961) |
— | 20 May 2020 | 28 October 2022 | 2 years, 161 days | All Basotho Convention | |
| 7 | 
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Sam Matekane (born 1958) |
2022 | 28 October 2022 | Incumbent | 1 year, 265 days | Revolution for Prosperity | |
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