| Post: | Prime Minister |
| Body: | Lesotho |
| Native Name: | Tona-Kholo |
| Insignia: | Coat of arms of Lesotho.svg |
| Insigniasize: | 125px |
| Insigniacaption: | Coat of arms of Lesotho |
| Incumbent: | Sam Matekane |
| Incumbentsince: | 28 October 2022 |
| Residence: | State House, Maseru |
| Appointer: | Letsie III, |
| Termlength: | 5 years, no fixed term |
| Formation: | 6 May 1965 |
| Inaugural: | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane |
| Salary: | 562,734 LSL/36,650 USD annually[1] |
This is a list of prime ministers of Lesotho 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.[2]
| Portrait | Name | Election | Term of office | Political party | Monarch(s) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||||
| 1 | Sekhonyana Nehemia Maseribane | 1965 | 1965 | 1965 | BNP | Elizabeth II | ||
| 2 | Leabua Jonathan | 1970 1985 | 1965 | 1986 | BNP | Moshoeshoe II | ||
| — | Justin Metsing Lekhanya | — | 1986 | 1991 | Military | |||
Letsie III | ||||||||
| — | Elias Phisoana Ramaema | — | 1991 | 1993 | Military | |||
| 3 | Ntsu Mokhehle | 1993 | 1993 | 1994 | BCP | |||
| — | Hae Phoofolo | — | 1994 | 1994 | Independent | |||
| Ntsu Mokhehle | — | 1994 | 1998 | BCP | ||||
Moshoeshoe II | ||||||||
Letsie III | ||||||||
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| 4 | Pakalitha Mosisili | 1998 2002 2007 | 1998 | 2012 | LCD | |||
| DC | ||||||||
| 5 | Tom Thabane | 2012 | 2012 | 2015 | ABC | |||
| Pakalitha Mosisili | 2015 | 2015 | 2017 | DC | ||||
| Tom Thabane | 2017 | 2017 | 2020 | ABC | ||||
| 6 | Moeketsi Majoro | — | 2020 | 2022 | ABC | |||
| 7 | Sam Matekane | 2022 | 2022 | Incumbent | RFP | |||