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Dr. Khauhelo Deborah Raditapole | |
|---|---|
| Natural Resources | |
| Ministry of Natural Resources | |
| In office 1995–1996 | |
| Constituency | Mabote constituency |
| Ministry of Health and Social Welfare[1] | |
| Assumed office 1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 August 1938 |
| Nationality | Lesotho |
| Political party | Basotho Congress Party |
Khauhelo Deborah Raditapole was a member of the Pan-African Parliament from Lesotho. Raditapole was born in Maseru on 7 August 1938. She had her earlier education in Lesotho, but obtained her Pharmacy degree from Lvov Medical School at Ukraine and completed her higher studies in the US. She worked in a teaching hospital in Tanzania for 10 years as she was denied entry to Lesotho. She returned to Lesotho in 1987 at the invitation of the then Principal Secretary for Health Tom Thabane.
She started her political career as a member of the Mabote constituency in 1993 from Basotho Congress Party (BCP). She was deputed the Minister of Health initially and transferred to Ministry of Natural Resources. When she was transferred again in 1996, she resigned her post as a minister, the first of its kind in Lesotho. As a minister, she defined the strategy for AIDS control in 1994 and also credited to have effected Jordan basin project which became Metolong Dam project.
- ^ "Profiles of cabinet ministers of Lesotho". Department of Information. Retrieved 26 November 2016.