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Lesotho

Lesotho

StaleSovereign state

Lesotho

Primary executive

Stale
Sam Matekane
OriginalYouTube : Lesotho’s PM Sits Down With VOA – Extended Interview – View/save archived versions on archive.org · VOA Africa · Public Domain · Original

Sam Matekane

Head of government Active

Head of Government · Principal · De jure

Head of state

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
31
Active in source
28
Historical in source
3
parties shown
31
More parties (19)

Elections

Partial

2022 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Oct 7, 2022

Completed

2017 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jun 3, 2017

Completed

2015 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Feb 28, 2015

Completed

2012 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 26, 2012

Completed

2007 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Feb 17, 2007

Completed

2002 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 25, 2002

Completed

1998 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

May 24, 1998

Completed

1970 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jan 27, 1970

Completed

1985 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

1993 Lesotho general election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

No scheduled election

Planned

Sources

4

  1. 1Inter-American Development Bank Database of Political Institutions 2023CC-BY-4.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  2. 2WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  3. 3Wikimedia CommonsCC BY-SA 3.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  4. 4Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Southern Africa

South Africa. Primary executive: Cyril Ramaphosa. StaleLesotho. Primary executive: Sam Matekane. Head of state: Letsie III of Lesotho. StaleBotswana. Primary executive: Duma Boko. StaleNamibia. Primary executive: Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah. StaleEswatini. Primary executive: Mswati III. Stale
LesothoPrimary executive: Sam MatekaneHead of state: Letsie III of LesothoStale
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Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.