Thomas Thabane Biography, Profile, Age, Net Worth, Wedding, Wife, Ex Wife, Murder Case, Arrested and Children
Thomas Thabane is the current Prime Minister of Lesotho the position he held since June 2017. He was previously the Prime Minister of Lesotho from June 2012 to March 2015. Thabane is leader of the All Basotho Convention (ABC) political party. Thomas Thabane recently announced his plan to step down as the Prime Minister of Lesotho.
Thomas Thabane Biography, Age, Wife, Wedding and Children
Date of Birth, 28 May 1939 in Maseru Lesotho. He was married to the late Lipolelo Thabane from 1987 to 2017 when she was murdered while undergoing divorce. A few days later on 27 August 2017, Thomas Thabane married Maesiah Thabane at a Catholic ceremony in Setsoto Stadium in Maseru.
Video Thomas Thabane Wedding with Maesiah Thabane Sesotho Stadium
Thomas Thabane has 5 Children among them include Potlako Thabane, Nkoya Thabane, Toka Thabane
Qualifications – Academic & Educational
He holds a Bachelor of Political Science Degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA)
Political Career, A battle against Pakalitha Mosisili
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.
In the 2015 Lesotho parliamentary election, the ABC was democratically removed from power by a seven-party coalition led by Mosisili, though the ABC did win the most constituencies. Two months later, Thabane fled to South Africa with two other opposition leaders, claiming that their lives were in danger. They returned to Lesotho on 12 February 2017 to participate in a parliamentary vote of no confidence that unseated Mosisili.
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane wife murder case
Prime Minister Thomas Thabane is allegedly involved in the 2017 murder of his estranged wife Lipolelo Thabane, a case that shocked the whole of Lesotho. Both ruling part and opposition members have been pushing for Thabane’s ouster over the murder allegations.
Thomas Thabane and his late wife have been going through a bitter divorce when she was assassinated just outside her home in Maseru, the capital of Lesotho. This assassination was executed two days before her husband’s inauguration in 2017.
Incriminating phone call communication evidence linking the prime minister was found on the crime scene leading to calls for his immediate resignation.
The prime minister’s current wife Maesaiah Thabane, whom he married two months after Lipolelo’s death, is deemed a co-conspirator in the murder case. She has already been charged with murder and is out on bail.
Thomas Thabane Net worth
Due to his prolonged rule and abuse of state funds and security apparatus. Thabane have business interests in Angola and South Africa. He invested in Oil, Real Estate, Manufacturing and has shares in Banking sector. His net worth is estimated at USD$ 795 million dollars.
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