The Right Honourable Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili

The Right Honourable Pakalitha Bethuel Mosisili, MP was born on 14 March, 1945. He studied at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland, obtaining a BA Degree and a Concurrent Certificate in Education in 1970. He completed an MA Degree at the University of Wisconsin, in the United States of America in 1976, and a Master of Education (MEd.) at Simon Fraser University in Canada in 1982.

He has worked as a Teacher and as a Lecturer in African Languages in various universities in Southern Africa. He joined the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP) in 1967. When Chief Jonathan suspended the constitution, banned political parties and announced rule by decree in 1970, the Right Honourable Mosisili was imprisoned for more than a year.

In 1993, he was elected to Parliament, and became Minister of Education and Training, Sports, Culture and Youth Affairs, later renamed the Ministry of Education and Manpower Development. In 1995 he became Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Responsible for Home Affairs and Local Government. In February, 1998 he was elected leader of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), which won the general election in May of that year.

The Right Honourable Pakaliltha Bethuel Mosisili, MP was sworn in as Prime Minister on 29 May 1998, a position he has held to date.