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'''List of speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho'''.


The [[National Assembly of Lesotho|National Assembly]] was established in 1965 and was preceded by [[Basutoland National Council]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thecommonwealth.org/our-member-countries/lesotho/history|title=Lesotho : History}}</ref> [[Walter P. Stanford]] was the speaker of the National Council from 1961 to 1965.<ref name="stanford1" /> Below is a list of office-holders:



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'''List of Speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho'''.

Below is a list of office-holders:


{|class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable"
!Term
!Began
!Ended
!Name
!Name
!Took office
!Entered Office
!Left Office
!Left office
!Notes
|-
|-
| [[Walter P. Stanford (1916–2004)|Walter P. Stanford]]
|First Parliament
|1965
| 1965
| 1970
| First post-independent speaker<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/apr/17/guardianobituaries.southafrica Obituary: Walter Stanford], ''The Guardian'', 17 April 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VpcqAAAAMAAJ |title = Political Handbook and Atlas of the World|year = 1970}}</ref><ref name="stanford1">{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1DtBAAAAYAAJ |title = Bokmakierie|year = 1979}}</ref>
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|-
|In abeyance
|1970
|1970
|[[Walter Stanford]] <ref> Obituary: Walter Stanford. World News - The Guardian </ref>
|1965
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|?
|Second Parliament (The Interim National Assembly)
|1973
|1973
|<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZXhaAAAAIAAJ&q=%22parliament+of+lesotho%22 |title = The Parliamentarian|year = 1973}}</ref>
|1985
|[[J.D. Kolane]] <ref> Hurisearch: The Human Rights Search Engine </ref>
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|1973
|1996
|-
|-
| [[John Teboho Kolane]]
|Third Parliament
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| 1973
|1985
|1986
| 20 January 1986
| Speaker of the Interim National Assembly<ref name="p210">{{cite book |last1=Rosenberg|first1=Scott|last2=Weisfelder|first2=Richard|date=2013|title= Historical Dictionary of Lesotho |url=https://books.google.com/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 {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|-
|-
|Dissolved
|Fourth Pasrliament
|20 January 1986
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|1993
|1990
|1998
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2181_93.htm|title = LESOTHO: Parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1993}}</ref>
|-
|-
| [[John Teboho Kolane]]
|Fifth Parliament
| 1990
|1998
| 1992
|2002
| Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly<ref name="p210"/>
|-
|-
| [[John Teboho Kolane]]
|[[Nthloi Motsamai]] <ref> Huriseach: The Human Rights Search Engine </ref>
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| 1993
|1999
| 1999
|Present <ref> Speaker Motsamai was reelected in 2002 and on February 23, 2007
| Died in office<ref name="p210"/>
|Sixth Parliament
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|-
|2002
| [[Ntlhoi Motsamai]]
|Present
| 1999
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|}
| 2012
| First female speaker<ref>Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 392.</ref>
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| [[Sephiri Motanyane|Sephiri Enoch Motanyane]]
| 6 June 2012
| 2015
| <ref>Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 389.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2181_12.htm|title = IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2012}}</ref>
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|[[Ntlhoi Motsamai]]
| 10 March 2015
| 12 June 2017
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/arc/2181_15.htm|title = IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2015}}</ref>
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|[[Sephiri Motanyane|Sephiri Enoch Motanyane]]
| 12 June 2017
| 25 October 2022
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://archive.ipu.org/parline-e/reports/2181_A.htm|title=IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), General information}}</ref>
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| [[Tlohang Sekhamane]]
| 25 October 2022
| Incumbent
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gov.ls/honourable-sekhamane-elected-speaker-of-national-assembly/|title=Honourable Sekhamane elected Speaker of National Assembly}}</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 25 October 2022 [13]
Tlohang Sekhamane 25 October 2022 Incumbent [14]

References

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  1. ^ "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 [bare URL PDF]
  8. ^ "LESOTHO: Parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1993".
  9. ^ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 392.
  10. ^ Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 389.
  11. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2012".
  12. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2015".
  13. ^ "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), General information".
  14. ^ "Honourable Sekhamane elected Speaker of National Assembly".
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