1939 - Today
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). Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Thabane has received more than 299,503 page views. His biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Tom Thabane is the 13,872nd most popular politician (down from 8,091st in 2019), the 5th most popular biography from Lesotho (down from 3rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Mosotho Politician.
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Among politicians, Tom Thabane ranks 13,872 out of 15,577. Before him are Jozef Moravčík, Fruto Chamorro, Emma Asson, José Rondeau, Ranasinghe Premadasa, and José María Carreño. After him are Abdul Qadir al-Badri, Joseph Pholien, Franco Frattini, Els Borst, Gustavo Petro, and Krishna Prasad Bhattarai.
1945 - Present
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 13,866
1804 - 1855
HPI: 46.01
Rank: 13,867
1889 - 1965
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 13,868
1773 - 1844
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 13,869
1924 - 1993
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 13,870
1792 - 1849
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 13,871
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 13,872
1921 - 2003
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 13,873
1884 - 1968
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 13,874
1957 - 2022
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 13,875
1932 - 2014
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 13,876
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 13,877
1924 - 2011
HPI: 45.97
Rank: 13,878
Among people born in 1939, Tom Thabane ranks 374. Before him are Shu Kamo, Barney McKenna, Fred Schepisi, Jean-Claude Gaudin, Mike Farrell, and Boris Tishchenko. After him are Lido Vieri, Per Ahlmark, Peter Frenkel, Björn Engholm, Carolee Schneemann, and Osvaldo Hurtado.
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.13
Rank: 368
1939 - 2012
HPI: 46.08
Rank: 369
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.04
Rank: 370
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.03
Rank: 371
1939 - Present
HPI: 46.02
Rank: 372
1939 - 2010
HPI: 46.00
Rank: 373
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 374
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.98
Rank: 375
1939 - 2018
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 376
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.96
Rank: 377
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.91
Rank: 378
1939 - 2019
HPI: 45.80
Rank: 379
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.79
Rank: 380
Among people born in Lesotho, Tom Thabane ranks 5 out of 11. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), Moshoeshoe I (1786), and Sebastian Koto Khoarai (1929). After him are Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), Olive Schreiner (1855), Leabua Jonathan (1914), Moeketsi Majoro (1961), 'Masenate Mohato Seeiso (1976), and Prince Lerotholi Seeiso (2007).
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1
1938 - 1996
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2
1786 - 1870
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 3
1929 - 2021
HPI: 48.08
Rank: 4
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 5
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 6
1855 - 1920
HPI: 44.17
Rank: 7
1914 - 1987
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 8
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 9
1976 - Present
HPI: 31.85
Rank: 10
2007 - Present
HPI: 21.22
Rank: 11
Among politicians born in Lesotho, Tom Thabane ranks 4. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), and Moshoeshoe I (1786). After him are Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), Leabua Jonathan (1914), and Moeketsi Majoro (1961).
1963 - Present
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 1
1938 - 1996
HPI: 55.29
Rank: 2
1786 - 1870
HPI: 48.91
Rank: 3
1939 - Present
HPI: 45.99
Rank: 4
1945 - Present
HPI: 45.77
Rank: 5
1914 - 1987
HPI: 43.89
Rank: 6
1961 - Present
HPI: 40.67
Rank: 7