賴索托君主列表

莱索托君主系指现今的莱索托王国之国王，在历史上巴苏托兰时期其尊号也曾称为“最高酋长（英语：Paramount chief）”(英語：Paramount chief)。同时本表也收录了其他以政变、摄政，或代理等方式暂时担任国家元首的人物。现任莱索托王国之国王是1996年2月7日第二次加冕的莱齐耶三世。 依照1993年3月颁布的莱索托宪法规定:莱索托王国为君主立宪制国家，国王是国家元首，是民族团结与国家稳定的象征。而行政权及立法权分别是由首相与议会来掌握，国王为虚位元首。其职权为根据议会之结果或首相之建议，以自身名义发布法律以及命令；出访外国或接待来访外国政治人物。 莱索托是一个王位世袭的君主立宪制国家，莱索托国王王位继承顺序依据1993年颁布实施之《莱索托王国宪法（法语：Constitution du Lesotho）》第五章第四十五款之条文而确定。条文规定了王位继承人是由莱索托酋长院(英語：Lesotho's College of Chiefs)经商议后指定的。继承人可以是一位，抑或是按照次序排好的多位。而当国王逝世或退位，或者王位因故发生空缺时，王位继承人即可继承王位。但当王位继承人在需要继承王位时仍未满二十一周岁；酋长院应指定一位摄政王。 而若现任国王正处于短期的病痛中，或是因故暂时性地出国期间；酋长院应按照莱索托的习惯法暂时指定专人代理行使国王之职能。 所有关于王位继承人、摄政王，及国王代理人的任命或变更，都必须公布在政府公报之中。 1822年莫舒舒一世统一境内各部族，建立巴苏陀兰，开始以最高酋长（英语：Paramount chief）为尊号称王。 1966年巴苏陀兰自英国独立，易国号为莱索托王国，莫舒舒二世遂成为第一任莱索托国王。沿袭至今。 莱索托皇室旗 1966年-1987年. 莱索托皇室旗 1987年-2006年. 莱索托皇室旗 2006年10月4日启用至今 莱索托王国议会的官方网站主页 （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）； 莱索托王国政府的官方网站主页； 《Constitution of Lesotho 1993》 [《莱索托王国宪法（1993年）》]. 莱索托王国议会. 1993-04-01 [2015-01-25]. （原始内容存档于2015-01-25） （英语）.  莱索托首相列表 郝永江. 对外投资合作国别指南-------莱索托. 中华人民共和国驻莱索托王国大使馆经济商务参赞处. 中华人民共和国商务部: 1.3.1. 2008-10-16 [2014-07-07]. （原始内容存档于2014-07-07） （中文（中国大陆））. 莱索托政治体制为君主立宪制，按照1993年3月颁布生效的现行宪法规定，国王为国家元首和立宪君主  Lesotho profile. BBC新闻. 13 March 2014 [2014-07-07]. （原始内容存档于2014-03-11） （英语）. The monarch has no legislative or executive powers.  《Constitution of Lesotho》 1993，Chapter V：Article 45：Section 1-2 (1) The College of Chiefs may at any time designate, in accordance with the customary law of Lesotho,the person (or the persons, in order of prior right) who are entitled to succeed to the office of King upon the death of the holder of, or the occurrence of any vacancy in, that office and if on such death or vacancy, there is a person who has previously been designated in pursuance of this section and who is capable under the customary law of Lesotho of succeeding to that office, that person (or, if there is more than one such person, that one of them who has been designated as having the first right to succeed to the office) shall become King.(2) If, on the death of the holder of, or the occurrence of any vacancy in, the office of King, there is no person who becomes King under subsection (1), the College of Chiefs shall, with all practical speed and in accordance with the customary law of Lesotho, proceed to designate a person to succeed to the office of King and the person so designated shall thereupon become King. The Office of the King. Parliament of the Kingdom of Lesotho[莱索托王国议会]. 2010 [2015-01-25]. （原始内容存档于2014-08-05） （英语）. The King is designated by the College of Chiefs, in accordance with the customary law of Lesotho, upon the death of his predecessor or occurrence of a vacancy in the Office of King.  The Monarchy. Parliament of the Kingdom of Lesotho[莱索托王国议会]. 2010 [2015-01-25]. （原始内容存档于2014-08-05） （英语）. When the rightful heir to the throne has not yet attained the age of twenty-one, or the King is absent from Lesotho or is not in good health, there is provision for the appointment of a Regent.  《Constitution of Lesotho》 1993，Chapter V：Article 45：Section 3 (3) Whenever the holder of the office of King or a Regent - (a) has occasion to be absent from Lesotho for a period which the College of Chiefs has reason to believe will be of short duration; or (b) is suffering from an illness which the College of Chiefs has reason to believe will be of short duration,the College of Chiefs may for the time being designate a person, in accordance with the customary law of Lesotho, to exercise the functions of the office of King, and any person for the time being so designated may exercise all the functions of the office of King during the absence or illness of the holder of that office or the Regent. 《Constitution of Lesotho》 1993，Chapter V：Article 45：Section 4 (4) Every designation made for the purposes of this section shall be published in the Gazette. African Kingdoms-Paramount Chiefs of Lesotho. historyfiles. [2014-07-07]. （原始内容存档于2014-07-05）.  African Kingdoms-Kingdom of Lesotho. historyfiles. [2014-07-07]. （原始内容存档于2014-07-05）.