| Letsie III | |||||
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.jpg) Letsie III in 2019 | |||||
| King of Lesotho | |||||
| First reign | 12 November 1990 – 25 January 1995 | ||||
| Predecessor | Moshoeshoe II | ||||
| Successor | Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II | ||||
| Second reign | 7 February 1996 – present | ||||
| Coronation | 31 October 1997 | ||||
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| Heir apparent | Lerotholi Seeiso | ||||
| Born | Seeiso
Bereng 17 July 1963 Scott Hospital, Morija, Basutoland (now Lesotho) | ||||
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| House | Seeiso | ||||
| Father | Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II | ||||
| Mother | Mamohato | ||||
| Religion | Catholic | ||||
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Letsie III (born Mohato Bereng Seeiso; 17 July 1963) is King of Lesotho. He succeeded his father, Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II, who was forced into exile in 1990. His father was briefly restored in 1995 but died in a car crash in early 1996, and Letsie became king again. As a constitutional monarch, most of King Letsie's duties as monarch of Lesotho are ceremonial.[1] In 2000, he declared HIV/AIDS in Lesotho to be a natural disaster, prompting immediate national and international response to the epidemic.[2]
- ^ "Lesotho profile". BBC News. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.
- ^ National AIDS Commission, Lesotho. Coordination Framework for the National Response to HIV and AIDS. 2007. Accessed 25 November 2017.