Tefo Mapesela

Tefo Mapesela MP
Mapesela in 2018
Member of the National Assembly of Lesotho
Incumbent
Assumed office 17 April 2023
Constituency	Proportional Representation
In office 2015 – 7 October 2022
Preceded by	Tlohang Sekhamane
Succeeded by	Adontsi Letsema
Constituency	Mokhotlong No. 79
Minister of Agriculture and Food Security
In office 21 May 2020 – 14 April 2021
Prime Minister	Moeketsi Majoro
Preceded by	Litšoane Litšoane[1]
Succeeded by	Likopo Mahase[2]
Minister of Defence and National Security
In office 17 December 2018 – April 2020
Prime Minister	Tom Thabane
Preceded by	Sentje Lebona[3]
Succeeded by	Prince Maliehe
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 23 June 2017 – 17 December 2018
Prime Minister	Tom Thabane
Preceded by	Joshua Setipa[4]
Succeeded by	Habofanoe Lehana
Personal details
Born	(1974-04-25) 25 April 1974 (age 50) Mapeleng, Lesotho
Political party	Basotho Patriotic Party (2021–present)
Other political affiliations	All Basotho Convention (Until 2021)
Alma mater	Centre for Accounting Studies

Tefo Mapesela (born 25 April 1974) is a Mosotho accountant and politician who serves as the leader of the Basotho Patriotic Party. He has been a proportional representation member of the National Assembly since April 2023, after previously serving as the legislator for Mokhotlong No. 79 constituency from 2015 until 2022. A former member of the All Basotho Convention, Mapesela served as the Minister of Trade and Industry from 2017 until 2018, as the Minister of Defence and National Security from 2018 to 2020 and as the Minister of Agriculture and Food Security between 2020 and 2021.