Members of the Parliament of Lesotho - Lesotho Senators, Members of the National Assembly of Lesotho, Pakalitha Mosisili, Tom Thabane (Paperback)

Chapters: Lesotho Senators, Members of the National Assembly of Lesotho, Pakalitha Mosisili, Tom Thabane, Leabua Jonathan, Kelebone Maope, Monyane Moleleki, Justin Lekhanya, Mohlabi Tsekoa, Dominic Motikoe, Pontso Sekatle, Ntsu Mokhehle, Lesao Lehohla, Ntlhoi Motsamai. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 42. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili (born March 14, 1945) has been the Prime Minister of Lesotho since May 29, 1998. He led his party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), to a near-total victory in the 1998 election, and under his leadership the party also won majorities in the 2002 and 2007 elections. In addition to serving as Prime Minister, Mosisili is the Minister of Defense. In 1993, Mosisili was elected to parliament from the Qacha's Nek Constituency and became Minister of Education. On April 14, 1994, he was briefly kidnapped along with three other ministers by soldiers; a fifth minister, Deputy Prime Minister Selometsi Baholo, was killed in this incident. Mosisili was appointed Deputy Prime Minister in late January 1995, while remaining Minister of Education; on July 20, 1995, he was named Minister of Home Affairs and Local Government instead, while remaining Deputy Prime Minister. A new ruling party, the LCD, was formed in 1997 under the leadership of Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle as a split from the Basutoland Congress Party. On February 21, 1998, Mosisili was elected leader of the LCD after Mokhehle chose to step down due to poor health. After his party's victory in 1998, there were accusations of vote rigging and mass protests from the opposition parties, which culminated with their occupation of the grounds to the palace. In the ensuing debacle which saw the army, police and king complicit in an attempt to unseat his government, Mosisili h...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=39498