HONOURABLE RAMOOTSI MOKONE LEHATA

Personal
• Date of Birth: July 07, 1940
• Place of Birth: Ha Makubata in the Maseru district
• Marital Status: Married with two daughters and six sons (one deceased)

Current Positions
• Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
• Member of Parliament for at ‘Maliepetsane Constituency No. 50 representing the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD)

Academic Qualifications
• Primary education at Mafika-Lisiu Primary School/Khubetsoana Primary School (1958-1965)
• L.P.T.C at Basutholand Training College (1966-1968)
• Enrolled with the Lesotho Examinations council and obtained a Junior Certificate (JC) (1973) and Cambridge Overseas School Certificate (COSC) (1975)
• Enrolled with the College of Preceptors (of the United Kingdom) in Maseru and obtained ACP

Career/Positions/Membership/Other activities
• Joined Basutholand Congress Party (BCP) in 1963 and elected as a chairman of the Thabana-Ts’onyana constituency
• Member of BCP Youth (1965-1979)
• Became member of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) on its formation
• Elected as Member of Parliament for ‘Maliepetsane Constituency No. 50 (2002) and re-elected for the same constituency in February 2007
• Appointed Minister in the Prime Minister Office (2004-February 2007)

• Worked as Loader and Chief Instructor at De Beer’s Diamond Mines, Kimberly (1969-1971)
• Principal at Qiloane Primary School (1972-1974), Khotla Primary School (1975-1986), Khubetsoana Primary School (1987-1991) and Mafika-Lisiu Primary (1992-2001)
• President of Student Christian Movement (SCM) (1967-1968)
• Founder of Lesotho Primary Schools Sports Association (LEPSSA) (1979)
• President of LEPSSA (1979-2001)
• Secretary General of the Lesotho Amateur Athletics Association (1996-2000)
• Member of the Southern African Schools Sports Association (COSASSA) ( 1996-2001)
• Chairperson of COSASSA’s Netball Division (1998-2001)
• Member of the Commission that prepared for Lesotho Sports Act (draft) (1997-1998)
• Coach for De beers athletics team (1969-1971)
• Co-founders of the National Curriculum Development Centre (N.C.D.C.)
• Member of the Agriculture panel (1979)
• Member of N.C.D.C National Committee (1986-1990)
• Senior member of the English panel (1991-2002)
Member of L.E.C. Morija Presbyterian Committee (1998-2002)