Lesao Lehohla
Archibald Lesao Lehohla (born 28 July 1946)[1] is the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety of Lesotho.
Early life and education[edit]
Lehohla was born on 28 July 1946 in Mafeteng. In 1970, Lehohla obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS). In 1975, he received a scholarship from UNESCO to attend Oxford University for mathematics. While at Oxford, Lehohla graduated with a Bachelor and Master of Arts.[1]
Career[edit]
While attending the UBLS, Lehohla was a teaching assistant from 1970 to 1972. Lehohla started teaching at Bereng High School in 1975 and was promoted to headmaster in 1977. Lehohla remained as headmaster until 1993.[2]
Politics[edit]
Lehohla was first elected to parliament from the Mafeteng Constituency in 1993 and became Minister of Home Affairs[1] in the new Basutoland Congress Party government. Subsequently he became Minister of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications in 1995.[1] In May 1996 he became Minister of Education.[3] He won a court ruling enabling him to stand in Mafeteng Constituency again in the 1998 election after his party, the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), had nominated another candidate,[4] and was re-elected.[1]
Deputy Prime Minister[edit]
On 27 January 2002, Lehohla was elected as the leader for the Lesotho Congress for Democracy party.[5] This position as party leader led him to acquire the position of Deputy Prime Minister later in the 2002 Parliamentary Elections.[6] Lehohla was later removed from his position as Minister of Education and instead made Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety in November 2004.[7]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e "The Lesotho MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS and PUBLIC SAFETY, and of PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS - Minister's Profile". lesotho.gov.ls. Archived from the original on 1 December 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard F. (2013). Historical Dictionary of Lesotho (2nd ed.). pp. 225–226. ISBN 9780810867956. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Dissension within the Ruling Party". Summary of Events in Lesotho. 3 (2). 1996. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Runup to the General Election". Transformation Resource Center. 1998. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Lehohla is the New LCD Deputy Leader". business.highbeam.com. Archived from the original on 16 November 2016. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Archibald Lesao Lehohla". ibe.unesco.org. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- ^ "Major Cabinet Reshuffle Announced". Summary of Events in Lesotho. 8 (4). 2001. Archived from the original on 7 February 2012. Retrieved 16 November 2016.