Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili (born
March 14,
1945) is the
Prime Minister of
Lesotho, and has been since
May 29,
1998. He led his party, the
Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), to a near-total victory in the elections held that year. Mosisili also serves as 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.
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