# List of prime ministers of Lesotho

This is a list of prime ministers of Lesotho (Sotho: Tona-Kholo) since the formation of the post of Prime Minister of Lesotho in 1965, to the present day.
A total of seven people have served as Prime Minister of Lesotho (not counting one Acting Prime Minister and two Chairmen of the Military Council). Additionally, three persons, Ntsu Mokhehle, Pakalitha Mosisili and Tom Thabane, have served on two non-consecutive occasions.
The current Prime Minister is Sam Matekane, who was sworn in on 28 October 2022.

## List of officeholders
### Status

| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) (Reign) |
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Election | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Political party | Monarch(s) (Reign) |
| 1 | | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane (1918–1986) | 1965 | 6 May 1965 | 7 July 1965 | 62 days | BNP | Elizabeth II (1965–1966) |
| 2 | | Leabua Jonathan (1914–1987) | 1970 (annulled) 1985 | 7 July 1965 | 20 January 1986 (deposed) | 20 years, 197 days | BNP | Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) |
| — | | Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–2021) | — | 24 January 1986 | 2 May 1991 (deposed) | 5 years, 98 days | Military | Moshoeshoe II (1966–1990) |
| — | | Justin Metsing Lekhanya (1938–2021) | — | 24 January 1986 | 2 May 1991 (deposed) | 5 years, 98 days | Military | Letsie III (1990–1995) |
| — | | Elias Phisoana Ramaema (1933–2015) | — | 2 May 1991 | 2 April 1993 | 1 year, 335 days | Military | Letsie III (1990–1995) |
| 3 | | Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) | 1993 | 2 April 1993 | 17 August 1994 (deposed) | 1 year, 137 days | BCP | Letsie III (1990–1995) |
| — | | Hae Phoofolo (born 1947) | — | 17 August 1994 | 14 September 1994 | 28 days | Independent | Letsie III (1990–1995) |
| | | Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) | — | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | BCP (until 1997) | Letsie III (1990–1995) |
| (3) | | Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) | — | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | BCP (until 1997) | Moshoeshoe II (1995–1996) |
| | | Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) | — | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | BCP (until 1997) | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| | | Ntsu Mokhehle (1918–1999) | — | 14 September 1994 | 29 May 1998 | 3 years, 257 days | LCD | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| 4 | | Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) | 1998 2002 2007 | 29 May 1998 | 8 June 2012 | 14 years, 10 days | LCD (until 2011) | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| | | Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) | 1998 2002 2007 | 29 May 1998 | 8 June 2012 | 14 years, 10 days | DC | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| 5 | | Tom Thabane (born 1939) | 2012 | 8 June 2012 | 17 March 2015 | 2 years, 282 days | ABC | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| (4) | | Pakalitha Mosisili (born 1945) | 2015 | 17 March 2015 | 16 June 2017 | 2 years, 91 days | DC | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| (5) | | Tom Thabane (born 1939) | 2017 | 16 June 2017 | 19 May 2020 | 2 years, 339 days | ABC | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| 6 | | Moeketsi Majoro (born 1961) | — | 20 May 2020 | 28 October 2022 | 2 years, 161 days | ABC | Letsie III (since 1996) |
| 7 | | Sam Matekane (born 1958) | 2022 | 28 October 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 81 days | RFP | Letsie III (since 1996) |