Mohlabi Kenneth Tsekoa (born 13 August 1945Profile at Lesotho government site
.) is a Lesotho politician who was Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lesotho from 2007 to 2015. He served in the Cabinet beginning in July 2001, first as

Minister of Finance A finance minister is an executive or cabinet position in charge of one or more of government finances, economic policy and financial regulation. A finance minister's portfolio has a large variety of names around the world, such as "treasury", " ...

, then as Foreign Minister, Minister of Education, and starting in March 2007 as Foreign Minister again. Mohlabi Tsekoa (cropped)

Life and career

Tsekoa served in the Ministry of Education as Deputy Principal Secretary from 1984 to 1986 and as Principal Secretary from 1986 to 1989. In 1989, he became High Commissioner to the

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and Ambassador to

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, and

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. He left these posts in 1996, when he became Government Secretary and Head of the Public Service. After serving as Government Secretary for five years, Tsekoa was appointed to the Senate and sworn in on June 14, 2001. He was then named

on July 5, 2001 and sworn in on July 6. As the LCD candidate for Senqu constituency, in

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, in the May 2002 parliamentary election, he won with 55.8% of the vote; this was Tsekoa's first election. He was moved from his position as Finance Minister to that of Minister of Foreign Affairs in June 2002. He became Minister of Education in November 2004 and served in that position until March 2, 2007, when he became Foreign Minister again."Lesotho’s new cabinet comprises former ministers"
African Press Agency, March 3, 2007.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tsekoa, Mohlabi 1945 births Living people Members of the Senate (Lesotho) Finance ministers of Lesotho Foreign Ministers of Lesotho Members of the National Assembly (Lesotho) Government ministers of Lesotho High Commissioners of Lesotho to the United Kingdom Ambassadors of Lesotho to Ireland Ambassadors of Lesotho to Spain Ambassadors of Lesotho to Portugal