List of speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho

List of speakers of the National Assembly of Lesotho.

The National Assembly was established in 1965 and was preceded by Basutoland National Council.^[1] Walter P. Stanford was the speaker of the National Council from 1961 to 1965.^[2] Below is a list of office-holders:

Name	Took office	Left office	Notes
Walter P. Stanford	1965	1970	First post-independent speaker[3][4][2]
In abeyance	1970	1973	[5]
John Teboho Kolane	1973	20 January 1986	Speaker of the Interim National Assembly[6][7]
Dissolved	20 January 1986	1990	[8]
John Teboho Kolane	1990	1992	Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly[6]
John Teboho Kolane	1993	1999	Died in office[6]
Ntlhoi Motsamai	1999	2012	First female speaker[9]
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane	6 June 2012	2015	[10][11]
Ntlhoi Motsamai	10 March 2015	12 June 2017	[12]
Sephiri Enoch Motanyane	12 June 2017	25 October 2022	[13]
Tlohang Sekhamane	25 October 2022	Incumbent	[14]

References

1. "Lesotho : History". Archived from the original on 2017-11-01. Retrieved 2019-02-22.
2. "Bokmakierie". 1979.
3. Obituary: Walter Stanford, The Guardian, 17 April 2004. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
4. "Political Handbook and Atlas of the World". 1970.
5. "The Parliamentarian". 1973.
6. Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard (2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho. Scarecrow Press. p. 210. ISBN 978-0810879829.
7. "Eighth conference of commonwealth speakers and presiding officers New Delhi (India) - Proceedings" (PDF). 1987. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-02-22.
8. "LESOTHO: Parliamentary elections National Assembly, 1993".
9. Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 392.
10. Rosenberg and Weisfelder, p. 389.
11. "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2012".
12. "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), ELECTIONS IN 2015".
13. "IPU PARLINE database: LESOTHO (National Assembly), General information".
14. "Honourable Sekhamane elected Speaker of National Assembly".