Monyane Moleleki

Mr. Monyane Moleleki ( born January 5, 1951) is a journalist and politician from Lesotho.

Life

Studies and career

Moleleki was after school and studying 1972-1973 as principal and physical education teacher at St. Thomas Secondary School operates, and graduated from next partnership with the British Thompson Foundation a degree in journalism, graduating in 1973 with a diploma.

He then began working as a journalist and was until 1974 a reporter and vice - editor of the daily newspaper, The Echo. He was also a co-founder in 1973 of Matela Multi-Purpose Co-Operative, and at the same time until 1975 its first president. At the same time, he attended a course in Radio Journalism at the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association in Tanzania and ended this in 1974 with another diploma. When he returned to Lesotho in 1974 he Newscaster, Reporter and Vice - editor at Radio Lesotho.

Between 1977 and 1982 graduated Moleleki further studies in the fields of mass media as well as print technology at the Lomonosov University in Moscow and graduated with a diploma. In 1982, he also concluded a course in professional television and radio education at the Witwatersrand University with a certificate.

Then he was 1983-1987 as a lecturer in the media department of the National University of Lesotho worked, and at the same time from 1984 to 1991 Secretary General of the Committee of Matlama Football Club, one of the leading football clubs in Lesotho and multiple champion of the local Premier League. He also was a member of the municipal committee for the beautification of the capital Maseru 1984-1991.

In addition Moleleki was 1985-1986 Acting Administrator of IEMS, and between 1988 and 1991 Head of Public Relations of the Development Authority for the highlands of Lesotho (Lesotho Highlands Development Authority ), which was responsible among other things for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

MP and Minister

His political career began in the Basotho Congress Party ( BCP), for which he was first elected to the National Assembly in 1993 and there until 1998, the constituency represented Senqunyane.

1996 appointed him Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle Minister for Information and Broadcasting in the second cabinet, which he belonged to May 1998. 1996 Moleleki was also Vice - Secretary General of the BCP and was elected to the National Assembly again in the parliamentary election in 1998, where he has since represented the constituency Machache.

In May 1998 he was appointed Mokheles successor as Prime Minister, Bethuel Pakalitha Mosisili, the Minister of natural resources in the cabinet and kept this minister until 2004. Subsequently, it was established in 2004 as part of a cabinet reshuffle as the successor of Mohlabi Tsekoa as Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations appointed to the second cabinet Mosisilis and has held this position until 2007. 2007, he joined the Lesotho Congress for Democracy, the leading party of Lesotho chaired Mosisilis.

2007 Moleleki was with a renewed government reshuffle again Minister of Natural Resources in the government Mosisilis while Mohlabi Tsekoa became his successor as foreign minister again. The ministerial office he held until the inauguration of the new Prime Minister Tom Thabane in June 2012.