Letsie III
| Letsie III | |||||
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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 | Mohato Bereng Seeiso 17 July 1963 Scott Hospital, Morija, Basutoland (now Lesotho) | ||||
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| House | Seeiso | ||||
| Father | Constantine Bereng Seeiso Moshoeshoe II | ||||
| Mother | Mamohato | ||||
| Religion | Roman Catholicism | ||||
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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, so Letsie succeeded him again for a second reign. As a constitutional monarch, most of King Letsie's duties as monarch of Lesotho are ceremonial. In 2000, he declared HIV/AIDS in Lesotho to be a natural disaster, prompting immediate national and international response to the epidemic.