Monyane Moleleki

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Monyane Moleleki (born January 5, 1951 ) is a politician and journalist from Lesotho . He is a member of the Alliance of Democrats (AD).

Life

Studies and professional career

After attending school and studying, Moleleki worked as principal and physical education teacher at St. Thomas Secondary School in Mafeteng between 1972 and 1973 , and also completed a degree in journalism with the support of the British Thompson Foundation , which he graduated with a diploma in 1973 .

He then took up a job as a journalist and until 1974 was a reporter and deputy editor of the daily newspaper The Echo . At the same time he was co-founder of the Matela Multi-Purpose Co-operative in 1973 , and at the same time its first president until 1975. At the same time he attended a course in radio journalism at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association in Tanzania and graduated in 1974 with another diploma. After returning to Lesotho in 1974 he became a news anchor, reporter and deputy editor at Radio Lesotho .

Between 1977 and 1982 Moleleki completed further studies in the subjects of mass media and printing technology at the Lomonossow University in Moscow and graduated with a diploma. In 1982 he also completed a course in television and radio education at the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg with a certificate.

He then worked as a lecturer in the media department of the National University of Lesotho from 1983 to 1987 and from 1984 to 1991 as general secretary of the committee of Matlama FC , one of the leading football clubs in Lesotho and multiple champions of the local Premier League . He was also a member of the municipal committee for the beautification of the capital Maseru between 1984 and 1991.

In addition, Moleleki was acting head of administration of the university's own Institute for Extra-Mural Studies from 1985 to 1986 and head of public relations at the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority between 1988 and 1991 , which is responsible for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project , among other things .

MP and Minister

He began his political career in the Basutoland Congress Party (BCP), for which he was first elected a member of the National Assembly in 1993 and represented the Senqunyane constituency there until 1998 .

In 1996 Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle appointed him Minister for Information and Broadcasting in his second cabinet, to which he was a member until May 1998. In 1996, Moleleki also became Vice-Secretary General of the BCP and was re-elected to the National Assembly in the 1998 parliamentary elections, since then he has represented the Machache constituency .

In May 1998, Mokhehle's successor as Prime Minister, Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili , appointed him Minister for Natural Resources in his cabinet. He held this ministerial office until 2004. Subsequently, in 2004, as part of a cabinet reshuffle, he was appointed Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Relations in Mosisili's second cabinet as the successor to Mohlabi Tsekoa and held this position until 2007. In 2007 he moved to the Lesotho Congress for Democracy , the now leading party of Lesotho under the chairmanship of Mosisili.

In 2007, when the government was reshuffled, Moleleki was again Minister for Natural Resources in Mosisili's government, while Mohlabi Tsekoa was again his successor as Foreign Minister. He held the ministerial office until the inauguration of the new Prime Minister Tom Thabane ( All Basotho Convention , ABC) in June 2012. Before that, he had switched to the newly founded Democratic Congress (DC) with Mosisili .

From 2015 he was a member of the Mosisili IV cabinet as Minister for Police and Public Safety. In 2016 he became the leader of the inner-party wing lirurubele ("butterflies"), which turned against Mosisili. During a government reshuffle in November 2016, he was appointed Minister in the Prime Minister's Office . Shortly afterwards, he announced that the lirurubele wing would leave the parliamentary group and cabinet. He himself and several ministers thereupon resigned from their offices; on November 24th, he and Thabane announced the formation of a "unity government" without Mosisili. Moleleki founded the Alliance of Democrats in early December 2016 . On March 1, 2017, Mosisili's government lost a vote of no confidence .

After the 2017 elections , in which the AD won nine of the 120 mandates (including Moleleki with a direct mandate), the AD became a coalition partner of the ABC; Moleleki became Deputy Prime Minister and was appointed to parliamentary affairs in the Thabane II cabinet . On May 19, 2020, Thabane was replaced by a new coalition excluding the AD, so that Moleleki lost his cabinet post.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mosisili supporters demand Moleleki's ouster. Lesotho Times, October 1, 2016, accessed October 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ Newly appointed ministers sworn in. ( Memento from November 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) gov.ls from November 9, 2016 (English)
  3. ^ Lesotho parliamentary rebel calls for new coalition. dailymail.co.uk of November 13, 2016, accessed November 13, 2016
  4. ↑ PM hits back at DC NEC. Lesotho Times, November 18, 2016, accessed November 23, 2016
  5. ^ Moleleki and Thabane agree on pact. Lesotho Times, November 25, 2016, accessed November 25, 2016
  6. ^ Moleleki-Thabane alliance 'intact'. Lesotho Times, December 16, 2016, accessed December 16, 2016
  7. ^ Pakalitha Mosisili loses parliament vote. Al Jazeera dated March 2, 2017, accessed March 3, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Moleleki, Monyane
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lesothic politician
DATE OF BIRTH 5th January 1951