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The Lesotho Government is a constitutional monarchy. The Prime Minister, Sam Matekane, is head of government and has executive authority.The King serves a largely ceremonial function; he no longer possesses any executive authority and is proscribed from actively participating in political initiatives.
Businessman Sam Matekane's Revolution for Prosperity's won a plurality of seats in the National Assembly in the general election held on 7 October 2023. On 11 October 2023, it was announced that the RFP would form a coalition government with the Alliance of Democrats and the Movement for Economic Change. [2]
The Basotho Patriotic Party is a political party in Lesotho founded by Tefo Mapesela in May 2021 after leaving the All Basotho Convention. [1] Mapesela, who was the Member of Parliament for the Mokhotlong constituency, lost his seat at the 2022 general election. [2]
Political party Monarch(s) (Reign) Took office Left office Time in office 1 Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986) 1965: 6 May 1965 7 July 1965 62 days BNP: Elizabeth II (1965–1966) 2 Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987) 1970 1985: 7 July 1965 20 January 1986 : 20 years, 197 days BNP: Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) — Justin Metsing Lekhanya ...
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 .
Lesotho elects a legislature on the national level. The Parliament has two chambers : the National Assembly with 120 members, elected for a five-year term by Mixed Member Proportional Representation , 80 of which in single-seat constituencies ; and the Senate , with 33 nominated members.
The ruling resulted in the Democratic Congress losing three proportional representation seats, while the Alliance of Democrats lost one PR seat; the Basotho National Party gained an additional PR seat, while the Lesotho People's Congress, United For Change, and the Basotho Patriotic Party all gained one seat each, which allowed the three ...
The 120 members of the National Assembly were elected using a mixed single vote with seat linkage system for mixed-member proportional representation.Eighty members were elected from single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting, with the remaining 40 elected from a single nationwide constituency as leveling seats, which were allocated to make seat totals reflect the national vote ...