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Letsie III was born on 17 July 1963 at the Scott Hospital in Morija, a town south of the capital Maseru.He was educated in the United Kingdom at Ampleforth College. [3] From there, he went on to study at the National University of Lesotho, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Law.
Letsie III (1st reign) 17 July 1963 (age 60) 12 November 1990: 25 January 1995 (4 years, 74 days) Son of Moshoeshoe II: House of Moshoeshoe: Moshoeshoe II (2nd reign) 2 May 1938 – 15 January 1996 (aged 57) 25 January 1995: 15 January 1996† (355 days) Son of Simon Seeiso Griffith: House of Moshoeshoe: Letsie III (2nd reign)
The succession to the throne of Lesotho is laid down in Chapter V of the Constitution, which reads that: (1) The College of Chiefs may at any time designate, in accordance with the customary law of Lesotho, the person (or the persons, in order of prior right) who are entitled to succeed to the office of King upon the death of the holder of, or the occurrence of any vacancy in, that office and ...
Lesotho [a], formally the Kingdom of Lesotho, formerly known as Basutoland, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. As an enclave of South Africa , with which it shares a 1,106 km (687 mi) border, [ 8 ] it is the largest sovereign enclave in the world, and the only one outside of the Italian Peninsula .
Cabinet of Lesotho: Sam Matekane: Date formed: 4 November 2022 () People and organisations; King of Lesotho: Letsie III: Prime Minister: Sam Matekane: Deputy Prime Minister: Nthomeng Majara: Total no. of members: 20: Member parties: Revolution for Prosperity Alliance of Democrats Movement for Economic Change Basotho Action Party Lesotho ...
The 1994 Lesotho coup d'état was a successful self-coup in Lesotho by King Letsie III along with the military and the backing of several political parties against the democratically elected Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) government led by Ntsu Mokhehle. [1]
His son was installed as King Letsie III. Conditions remained tumultuous, including an August 1994 self-coup by Letsie III, until 1998 when the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) came to power in elections that were deemed fair by international observers. Despite protests from opposition parties, the country has remained relatively stable since.
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 : 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 ...