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GovernmentCountry name
Conventional long form Kingdom of Lesotho
Conventional short form Lesotho Local long form Kingdom of Lesotho Local short form Lesotho Former Basutoland Government type
Parliamentary constitutional monarchy Capital
Name Maseru
Geographic coordinates 29 19 S, 27 29 E Time difference UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time) Administrative divisions
10 districts; Berea, Butha-Buthe, Leribe, Mafeteng, Maseru, Mohale's Hoek, Mokhotlong, Qacha's Nek, Quthing, Thaba-Tseka Independence
4 October 1966 (from the UK)
Constitution
2 April 1993
Legal system
Mixed legal system of English common law and Roman-Dutch law; judicial review of legislative acts in High Court and Court of Appeal International law organization participation
Accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Executive branch
Chief of state
King LETSIE III (since 7 February 1996); note - King LETSIE III formerly occupied the throne from November 1990 to February 1995 while his father was in exile Head of government Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahae THABANE (since 8 June 2012) Cabinet CabinetElections According to the constitution, the leader of the majority party in the Assembly automatically becomes prime minister; the monarchy is hereditary, but, under the terms of the constitution that came into effect after the March 1993 election, the monarch is a "living symbol of national unity" with no executive or legislative powers; under traditional law the college of chiefs has the power to depose the monarch, determine who is next in the line of succession, or who shall serve as regent in the event that the successor is not of mature age Legislative branch
Bicameral Parliament consists of the Senate (33 members - 22 principal chiefs and 11 other members appointed by the ruling party) and the Assembly (120 seats, 80 by popular vote and 40 by proportional vote; members elected by popular vote to serve five-year terms) Elections Last held on 26 May 2012 (next to be held in 2017) Election results Percent of vote by party - NA; seats by party - DC 48, ABC 30, LCD 26, BNP 5, PFD 3, NIP 2, other 6 Judicial branch
High Court (chief justice appointed by the monarch acting on the advice of the prime minister); Court of Appeal; Magistrate Courts; customary or traditional courts Political parties and leaders
All Basotho Convention or ABC [Thomas THABANE]; Basotho Batho Democratic Party or BBDP; Basotho Congress Party or BCP; Basotho Democratic National Party or BDNP [Thabang NYEOE]; Basotho National Party or BNP [vacant]; Democratic Congress or DC; Lesotho Congress for Democracy or LCD [Pakalitha MOSISILI]; Lesotho Peoples Congress or LPC; Lesotho Workers Party or LWP [Macaefa BILLY]; Marematlou Freedom Party or MFP; National Independent Party or NIP [Anthony MANYELI]; Popular Front for Democracy or PFD Political pressure groups and leaders
Media Institute of Southern Africa, Lesotho chapter [Thabang MATJAMA] (pushes for media freedom) International organization participation
ACP, AfDB, AU, C, FAO, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, SACU, SADC, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO Diplomatic representation in the us
Chief of mission
Ambassador Eliachim Molapi SEBATANE Chancery 2511 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20008 Telephone [1] (202) 797-5533FAX [1] (202) 234-6815 Diplomatic representation from the us
Chief of mission Ambassador Michele T. BOND
Embassy 254 Kingsway, Maseru West (Consular Section) Mailing address P. O. Box 333, Maseru 100, Lesotho Telephone [266] 22 312666FAX [266] 22 310116 Flag description
Three horizontal stripes of blue (top), white, and green in the proportions of 3:4:3; the colors represent rain, peace, and prosperity respectively; centered in the white stripe is a black Basotho hat representing the indigenous people; the flag was unfurled in October 2006 to celebrate 40 years of independence National symbol(s)
Basotho hat
National anthem
Name
"Lesotho fatse la bo ntat'a rona" (Lesotho, Land of Our Fathers) Lyrics/music Francois COILLARD/Ferdinand-Samuel LAUR Note Adopted 1967; the anthem's music derives from an 1823 Swiss songbook
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