Events in the year 2022 in

Lesotho Lesotho ( ), officially the Kingdom of Lesotho, is a country landlocked country, landlocked as an Enclave and exclave, enclave in South Africa. It is situated in the Maloti Mountains and contains the Thabana Ntlenyana, highest mountains in Sou ...

Incumbents

* King:

Letsie III Letsie III (born Seeiso Bereng; 17 July 1963) is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, and Letsie became king ag ...

* Prime Minister:

Moeketsi Majoro Moeketsi Majoro (born 3 November 1961) is a Mosotho economist and politician who served as the sixth prime minister of Lesotho from May 2020 to October 2022. He was previously the minister of Finance in the cabinet of Tom Thabane from 2017 to 2020 ...

Events

Ongoing —

COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho The COVID-19 pandemic in Lesotho is part of the ongoing worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Lesotho on 13 May 2020. Pri ...

7 October –

2022 Lesotho general election General elections were held in Lesotho on 7 October 2022 to elect all 120 members of the National Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Lesotho. Background The previous general elections in 2017 were called after prime minister Pa ...

: Citizens in

elect the 120 members of the National Assembly. 10 October – The Revolution for Prosperity party wins the election by a small margin and falling short of controlling the National Assembly. 11 October – The Revolution for Prosperity party forms a majority coalition with the Alliance of Democrats and

Movement for Economic Change The Movement for Economic Change (MEC; st, Sethala sa Kholiso ea Moruo) is a political party in Lesotho. History The party was established in January 2017 and announced on 1 February 2017 by Small Business Development Minister Selibe Mochob ...

, says RFP leader Sam Matekane.

Sports

* 18 June - 3 July: Lesotho at the 2022 Commonwealth Games * 15 July - 24 July: Lesotho at the 2022 World Athletics Championships * 28 July - 8 August: Lesotho at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

References

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