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|In abeyance
|In abeyance
|1970
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|1973
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| [[John Teboho Kolane]]
| [[John Teboho Kolane]]
| 1973
| 1973
| 20 January 1986
| 20 January 1986
| Speaker of the Interim National Assembly<ref name="p210">{{cite book |last=Rosenberg|first=Scott|last2=Weisfelder|first2=Richard|date=2013|title= Historical Dictionary of Lesotho |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B2TWVN92hYYC|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=210|isbn= 0810879824}}</ref><ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/761900/1/Commonwealth_Speakers_Presiding_Officers_Conference_Proceedings_.pdf</ref>
| Speaker of the Interim National Assembly<ref name="p210">{{cite book |last=Rosenberg|first=Scott|last2=Weisfelder|first2=Richard|date=2013|title= Historical Dictionary of Lesotho |url=https://books.google.com.au/books?id=B2TWVN92hYYC|publisher=Scarecrow Press|page=210|isbn= 978-0810879829}}</ref><ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/761900/1/Commonwealth_Speakers_Presiding_Officers_Conference_Proceedings_.pdf</ref>
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List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho.

The National Assembly was established in 1965 and was preceded by Basutoland National Council.[1] Walter P. Stanford was the speaker of the National Council from 1961 to 1965.[2] Below is a list of office-holders:

Name Took office Left office Notes
Walter P. Stanford 1965 1970 First post-independent speaker[3][4][2]
In abeyance 1970 1973 [5]
John Teboho Kolane 1973 20 January 1986 Speaker of the Interim National Assembly[6][7]
Dissolved 20 January 1986 1990 [8]
John Teboho Kolane 1990 1992 Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly[6]
John Teboho Kolane 1993 1999 Died in office[6]
Ntlhoi Motsamai 1999 2012 First female speaker[9]
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane 6 June 2012 2015 [10][11]
Ntlhoi Motsamai 10 March 2015 12 June 2017 [12]
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane 12 June 2017 Incumbent [13]

References

  1. ^ http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/lesotho/history
  2. ^ a b "Bokmakierie". 1979.
  3. ^ Obituary: Walter Stanford, The Guardian, 17 April 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". 1970.
  5. ^ "The Parliamentarian". 1973.
  6. ^ a b c Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard (2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0810879829.
  7. ^ https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/761900/1/Commonwealth_Speakers_Presiding_Officers_Conference_Proceedings_.pdf
  8. ^ http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2181_93.htm
  9. ^ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 392.
  10. ^ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 389.
  11. ^ http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2181_12.htm
  12. ^ http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2181_15.htm
  13. ^ http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2181_A.htm