The Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force is the professional head of the Defence Force. He is responsible for the administration and the operational control of the Lesotho military.
List of chiefs
Portrait
Commander
Took office
Left office
Time in office
Defence branch
Ref.
Mosakeng, Makhula Lieutenant general Makhula Mosakeng ? 12 September 1998 ? Lesotho Army [ 1]
Mosakeng, Makhula Lieutenant generalMakhula Mosakeng 2000 October 2004 3–4 years Lesotho Army [ 2]
Motanyane, Thuso Lieutenant generalThuso Motanyane (born 1954) October 2004 24 August 2011 6 years, 10 months Lesotho Army [ 3] [ 4]
Lekanyane, Phatoli Major general Phatoli Lekanyane 24 August 2011 15 March 2012 6 months Lesotho Army [ 4] [ 5]
Kamoli, Tlali Lieutenant generalTlali Kamoli (born 1966) 15 March 2012 29 August 2014 2 years, 6 months Lesotho Army [ 5] [ 6]
Mahao, Maaparankoe Lieutenant generalMaaparankoe Mahao (1968–2015) 29 August 2014 February 2015 5 months Lesotho Army [ 6]
Kamoli, Tlali Lieutenant generalTlali Kamoli (born 1966) February 2015 1 December 2016 1 year, 10 months Lesotho Army [ 6] [ 7] [ 8]
Motšomotšo, Khoantle Lieutenant generalKhoantle Motšomotšo (?–2017) 1 December 2016 5 September 2017 † 278 days Lesotho Army [ 9] [ 10]
Poopa, Lineo Major generalLineo Poopa Acting 5 September 2017 23 January 2018 171 days Lesotho Army [ 10]
Letsoela, Mojalefa Lieutenant generalMojalefa Letsoela 23 January 2018 Incumbent 7 years, 105 days Lesotho Air Squadron [ 8] [ 10]
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