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| religion = | signature = | signature_alt = | website = }} Thomas Motsoahae "Tom" Thabane (born 28 May 1939)〔(Rulers.org )〕 is a Mosotho politician who was Prime Minister of Lesotho from June 2012 to March 2015. He was a member of the Lesotho Congress for Democracy (LCD) and served in the government of Prime Minister Pakalitha Mosisili from 1998 to 2006, but in 2006 he split from the LCD and formed the All Basotho Convention. After more than five years in opposition, he formed a coalition with other parties in the wake of the May 2012 parliamentary election and was appointed Prime Minister. In the February 2015 parliamentary election, his party, the All Basotho Convention, was democratically ousted by a coalition of parties led by his predecessor, Pakalitha Mosisili, although it had managed to win the most constituencies in the election. ==Political career== Thabane served as Principal Secretary for Health under Prime Minister Leabua Jonathan and then served in the government under the military regime that overthrew Jonathan and ruled the country from 1986 to 1993.〔("Mosisili Appointed Deputy Prime Minister" ), Summary of Events in Lesotho, volume 2, number 1, First Quarter 1995, trc.org.ls.〕 He was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lesotho from 1990 to 1991. Thabane became an advisor to Prime Minister Ntsu Mokhehle in early 1995.〔 He subsequently served as Foreign Minister in Mosisili's LCD government from June 1998〔("Appointment of New Cabinet" ), Summary of Events in Lesotho, Volume 5, Number 2, 2nd quarter 1998, trc.org.ls. 〕 until June 2002. He then served as the Minister of Home Affairs and Public Safety from June 2002〔("Parliamentarians and Members of New Cabinet Sworn In" ), Summary of Events in Lesotho, Volume 9, Number 2, 2nd quarter 2002, trc.org.ls. 〕 until November 2004, when he became Minister of Communications, Science and Technology.〔("Major Cabinet Reshuffle Announced" ), Summary of Events in Lesotho - 4th quarter 2004, trc.org.ls. 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Thabane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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