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 H.E.
Ambassador Molelekeng E. Rapolaki assumed her assignment as Ambassador
Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United
States of America in December 2001. She is also accredited to Brazil,
Canada and Mexico on a non-residential basis.
She completed
her BA degree in Economics at the National University of Lesotho in 1980
and obtained her MPA with specialization in Population Policy at the
University of Southern California in the U.S. in 1993.
Prior to her
appointment as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Lesotho to the United States,
She held the following positions in the Ministry of Development Planning:
Planning Officer, 1980 –1985; Senior Planning Officer, 1985 - 1987;
Director of Economic Policy, 1987 - 1992; Director of Population and
Manpower Planning, 1994 - 1997 and that of Principal Secretary of the
Ministry, 1997 – 2001.
The Ambassador
led the process of establishment of the Department of Economic Policy
within the Ministry of Development Planning in 1987. She spearheaded the
establishment of the Department of Population and Manpower Planning in the
same Ministry in 1994. She won a research awarded on Population Policy
Communication from the Population Reference Bureau in Washington D.C. in
1993. She contributed Chapters on Population, Health, Education and Mining
Sectors in the Economic Options for Lesotho published by the Institute of
Southern African Studies (ISAS) at the National University of Lesotho (NUL)
in 1997. She wrote and presented a keynote address on Lesotho’s Economic
review since independence for “Vision 2020” forum held in January 2001.
She also received “Women who Make a Difference Award” from the National
Association of Negro Business and Professional Women’s Clubs inc. USA in
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