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Tom Thabane

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Thomas Motsoahae Thabane (born 28 May 1939) is a Mosotho politician who was the fifth Prime Minister of Lesotho from 2012 to 2015 and from 2017 to 2020. He founded the All Basotho Convention (ABC) in 2006 and led the party until 2022. Thabane served in the government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili from 1998 to 2006 as a member of the ruling Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD), but in 2006 he split from the LCD and launched the All Basotho Convention (ABC). After more than five years in opposition, he built a coalition of 12 parties in the wake of the 2012 Lesotho parliamentary election and was appointed prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tom Thabane is the 12,731st most popular politician (up from 14,360th in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Lesotho (up from 6th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mosotho Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Thabane ranks 12,731 out of 19,576. Before him are Giulio Cesare Polerio, Herman V, Margrave of Baden-Baden, Marcus Aurelius Cotta, Siaka Stevens, Prince Toneri, and Abu Zakariya Yahya. After him are Patriarch Miron of Romania, Ludovic Orban, George Friedman, Euphemus, Ismail Sabri Yaakob, and Anaxidamus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Tom Thabane ranks 287. Before him are Néstor Combin, Tetsuya Chiba, Carmen Salinas, Alberto Suárez Inda, Pieter van Vollenhoven, and Alberto Festa. After him are Merab Kostava, Haidar Abu Bakr al-Attas, Janusz Gajos, Ljiljana Petrović, Charles Jencks, and Peter Mayle.

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In Lesotho

Among people born in Lesotho, Tom Thabane ranks 4 out of 14. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), and Pakalitha Mosisili (1945). After him are Moshoeshoe I (1786), Olive Schreiner (1855), Leabua Jonathan (1914), Sebastian Koto Khoarai (1929), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Sam Matekane (1958), 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso (1976), and Moeketsi Majoro (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lesotho

Among politicians born in Lesotho, Tom Thabane ranks 4. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), and Pakalitha Mosisili (1945). After him are Moshoeshoe I (1786), Leabua Jonathan (1914), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Sam Matekane (1958), Moeketsi Majoro (1961), and Ntsu Mokhehle (1918).

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