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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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tom Thabane has received more than 308,746 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 28 in 2019). Tom Thabane is the 14,363rd most popular politician (down from 13,824th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Lesotho (down from 5th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Mosotho Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tom Thabane ranks 14,363 out of 19,576. Before him are Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington, Wihtred of Kent, Gunnar Knudsen, Pedro Rodríguez, Count of Campomanes, Hannibal Sehested, and Akylbek Japarov. After him are Serhiy Tihipko, Princess Mabel of Orange-Nassau, Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard, Patsy Reddy, Marian Lupu, and Ali Ahmeti.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Tom Thabane ranks 386. Before him are Egon Zimmermann, Len Cariou, Dieter Quester, George Cohen, Barbara Hammer, and Clarence Williams III. After him are Emilio Álvarez, Peter Frenkel, Paolo Salvati, Gianfranco Leoncini, Lothar Metz, and Greetje Kauffeld.

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In Lesotho

Among people born in Lesotho, Tom Thabane ranks 6 out of 14. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), Moshoeshoe I (1786), and Sebastian Koto Khoarai (1929). After him are Olive Schreiner (1855), Leabua Jonathan (1914), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Moeketsi Majoro (1961), Sam Matekane (1958), and Ntsu Mokhehle (1918).

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Among POLITICIANS In Lesotho

Among politicians born in Lesotho, Tom Thabane ranks 5. Before him are Letsie III of Lesotho (1963), Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho (1938), Pakalitha Mosisili (1945), and Moshoeshoe I (1786). After him are Leabua Jonathan (1914), Justin Lekhanya (1938), Moeketsi Majoro (1961), Sam Matekane (1958), and Ntsu Mokhehle (1918).

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