Letsie III

Names
	David Mohato Bereng Seeiso

Letsie III
Letsie III
	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
Predecessor	Mamohato (regent); Bereng Seeiso, Moshoeshoe II;
Heir apparent	Lerotholi Seeiso
Born	Seeiso Bereng; 17 July 1963 (age 60); Scott Hospital Morija, Morija, Basutoland (now Lesotho)
Spouse	Anna Motšoeneng (m. 2000)
Issue; Detail	Princess Senate Seeiso; Princess 'Maseeiso Seeiso; Prince Lerotholi Seeiso;
Names
Names
	David Mohato Bereng Seeiso
House	Seeiso
Father	Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II
Mother	Mamohato
Religion	Catholic
Signature

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.

[1] "Lesotho profile". BBC News. 10 June 2011. Retrieved 14 November 2012.

[2] National AIDS Commission, Lesotho. Coordination Framework for the National Response to HIV and AIDS. 2007. Accessed 25 November 2017.

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