Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili

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Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili

Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili (born March 14, 1945 in Waterfall, Qacha's Nek ) is a politician in Lesotho . He was Prime Minister of the country from 1998 to 2012 and held this position again from March 17, 2015 to June 16, 2017.

Life

Mosisili studied from 1966 to 1970 at the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS). From 1970 to 1971 he was imprisoned as an opponent of the then government under Leabua Jonathan . He then moved to the University of Wisconsin in the USA , where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in 1976 . As a result he was a teacher and lecturer at various universities in southern Africa.

Mosisili belonged to the Basutoland Congress Party from 1967 and in 1995 became Deputy Prime Minister under Ntsu Mokhehle . Mokhehle founded the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) party and resigned from office for health reasons. Mosisili was his successor. He became Prime Minister after the 1998 elections , confirmed by the 2002 and 2007 elections . The LCD won an absolute majority of the seats every time.

On April 23, 2009, an attack was carried out on Mosisili, which remained unharmed. One of the attackers was killed. In February 2012, after disputes within the LCD, he founded the Democratic Congress (DC) party, with which he missed an absolute majority in the elections on May 26, 2012 . He resigned on May 30, 2012. On June 8, 2012, Tom Thabane was sworn in as his successor by the All Basotho Convention .

After the 2015 elections , in which the DC lost a seat, a coalition of DC, LCD and five smaller parties nominated him as a candidate for prime minister. He was sworn in on March 17, 2015. With effect from November 9, 2016, he reorganized his cabinet in numerous positions; a few days later several ministers resigned. Mosisili's deputy Monyane Moleleki and Thabane, who lives in exile, announced on November 24, 2016 the formation of a “unity government” without Mosisili. On March 1, 2017, his government lost a vote of no confidence . Mosisili called new elections for June 3rd . The DC received only a quarter of all seats, so that Mosisili declared on June 8th that he wanted to step down from his position. On June 16, Thabane was sworn in a second time as Mosisili's successor. In 2019, Mosisili resigned as party leader of the DC, Mathibeli Mokhothu was elected as his successor.

Mosisili is married to 'Mathato Mosisili. They had four children, one of whom was shot dead.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Lesotho's new leader inaugurated. ( Memento from March 20, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) citizen.co.za from March 17, 2015 (English)
  2. ^ Thomas Thabane sworn in as Lesotho's Prime Minister. jacarandafm.com from June 17, 2017 (English), accessed June 17, 2017
  3. ↑ Lesotho: Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili ( Memento from October 15, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) EISA (English), accessed on March 6, 2015
  4. ^ Attack on the residence of the Prime Minister of Lesotho. In The Standard 2009
  5. ↑ Lesotho Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili resigns in Sunday Times on May 30, 2012 , accessed May 30, 2012
  6. ↑ Newly appointed ministers sworn in. (English; archive version)
  7. ^ Moleleki and Thabane agree on pact. Lesotho Times, November 25, 2016, accessed November 25, 2016
  8. ^ Pakalitha Mosisili loses parliament vote. Al Jazeera dated March 2, 2017, accessed March 3, 2017
  9. ^ Easing fears, Lesotho's PM resigns after election losses. washingtonpost.com, June 9, 2017, accessed June 9, 2017
  10. ^ Thomas Thabane sworn in as Lesotho's Prime Minister. jacarandafm.com from June 17, 2017 (English), accessed June 17, 2017
  11. ^ Charles Fogelman, John Aerni-Flessner: Goodbye to the godfather of Lesotho politics. Mail & Guardian of February 22, 2019 (English), accessed February 22, 2019


personal data
SURNAME Mosisili, Bethuel Pakalitha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lesotho politician, Prime Minister of Lesotho
DATE OF BIRTH March 14, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Waterfall, Qacha's Nek