| Prime Minister of Lesotho | |
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| 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; 60 years ago (1965-05-06) |
| Salary | L562,734 /US$36,650 annually[1] |
This is alist ofprime ministers ofLesotho (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 andTom Thabane, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister isSam Matekane, who was sworn in on 28 October 2022.[2]
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) (Reign) | ||
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| 1 |  | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986) | 1965 | 6 May 1965 | 7 July 1965 | 62 days | BNP | _(cropped)_(3-to-4_aspect_ratio).jpg) Elizabeth II (1965–1966) |
| 2 | .jpg) | Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987) | 1970 (annulled) 1985 | 7 July 1965 | 20 January 1986 (deposed) | 20 years, 197 days | BNP |  Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) |
| — | | Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–2021) | — | 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) | 1993 | 2 April 1993 | 17 August 1994 (deposed) | 1 year, 137 days | BCP | |
| — | | Hae Phoofolo (born 1947) | — | 17 August 1994 | 14 September 1994 | 28 days | Independent | |
| Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) | — | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | BCP (until 1997) | ||
| (3) | Moshoeshoe II (1995–1996) | |||||||
Letsie III (since 1996) | ||||||||
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| 4 |  | Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) | 1998 2002 2007 | 29 May 1998 | 8 June 2012 | 14 years, 10 days | LCD (until 2011) | |
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| 5 |  | Tom Thabane (born 1939) | 2012 | 8 June 2012 | 17 March 2015 | 2 years, 282 days | ABC | |
| (4) | | Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) | 2015 | 17 March 2015 | 16 June 2017 | 2 years, 91 days | DC | |
| (5) | | Tom Thabane (born 1939) | 2017 | 16 June 2017 | 19 May 2020 | 2 years, 339 days | ABC | |
| 6 | .jpg) | Moeketsi Majoro (born 1961) | — | 20 May 2020 | 28 October 2022 | 2 years, 161 days | ABC | |
| 7 | | Sam Matekane (born 1958) | 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Incumbent | 3 years, 28 days | RFP | |
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