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Letsie III, King of Lesotho, 1963-

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Personal name headingLetsie III, King of Lesotho, 1963-
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Variant(s)Seeiso, Mohato Bereng
See alsoLesotho. Sovereign (1990-1995 : Letsie III)
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Lesotho. Sovereign (1996- : Letsie III)
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Associated countryLesotho England
Birth date19630717
Place of birthMorija (Lesotho)
AffiliationNational University of Lesotho University of Bristol University of Cambridge Wye College
Found inKing's birthday celebrations, Mohale's Hoek, 2012: p. 2 (King Letsie III, first son of the late Moshoeshoe II and the late Queen 'Mamohato Bereng Seeiso; born Mohato Bereng Seeiso in Morija, Lesotho on 17th July, 1963; bachelor's degree in law from National University of Lesotho, 1984; dip. in English Legal Studies at the Univ. of Bristol in Britain in 1986; studied development studies at Univ. of Cambridge and agricultural economics at Wye College of the Univ. of London; sworn into office as king on 12 Nov. 1990 and assumed the title Letsie III; briefly abdicated in favor of his father, and was reinstated on 31 Oct. 1997)
Lesotho King's Office home page, June 17, 2014 (His Majesty King Letsie III, abdicated on January 25, 1995, the day on which His Majesty King Moshoeshoe 11 was reinstated; following the death of his father King Moshoeshoe II on January 15, 1996, King Letsie III was reinstalled as King on February 7, 1996; coronation took place on October 31, 1997, in Maseru)
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OCLC, June 17, 2014 (hdg.: Letsie III, King of Lesotho)