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Maaparankoe Mahao
Mosotho lieutenant general
Maaparankoe Mahao (27 January 1968 in Thaba-Tseka – 25 June 2015 near Mokema, Maseru District) was a Mosotho lieutenant general.
Lekhotla le Phahameng la Lesotho ka Labone la beke ena le tjebetse matjoing kopo ea boitokollo ba bochochisi nyeoeng ea polao ea Maaparankoe Mahao.
His appointment as commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) in 2014 and the resultant refusal of his predecessor, Kennedy Tlali Kamoli to evacuate the post, ignited a season of political instability in Lesotho. After Kamoli's return to the post, Mahao was murdered by soldiers under suspicious circumstances.
Life
Mahao was born the sixth of seven children.[1] His father was a public servant and a socialist.[1] Maaparankoe Mahao attended Mokema Primary School from 1976 and St.
Joseph's High School in Maseru from 1982.[1] He joined the Lesotho Patriotic Youth Organisation (LPYO), which opposed the ruling military government under General Justin Metsing Lekhanya.
Mahao had been appointed head of the Lesotho Defence Force by prime minister Tom Thabane shortly before he was forced to flee to South Africa in.At the National University of Lesotho he earned a Bachelor of Law in 1992 and an LL.B. in 1994. He was P