# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/justin-lekhanya
# Generated: 2026-08-14T18:01:44.488Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/justin-lekhanya"
name: "Justin Lekhanya"
slug: "justin-lekhanya"
description: "General Justin Metsing Lekhanya was the Minister of Defence and Chairman of the Military Council of Lesotho from 24 January 1986 to 2 May 1991."
tagline: "Military Ruler of Lesotho from 1986 to 1991"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Justin_Lekhanya_illustration.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1938-04-07"
deathDate: "2021-01-20"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.31
  momentum:             9.827250608272506
  historical:           14.421996
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Джастін Лекганья"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Metsing Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Τζάστιν Λεχάνια"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metsing_Lekhanya"
    title: "Metsing Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Lekhanya"
    title: "Justin Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "جاستین متسینگ لخانیا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Metsing Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ジャスティン・レハンヤ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Justin Metsing Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Metsing_Lekanya"
    title: "Justin Metsing Lekanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Metsing_Lekhanya"
    title: "Justin Metsing Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Lekhanya"
    title: "Justin Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BA%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%8F%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%BD"
    title: "Лекханья, Джастин"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Lekhanya"
    title: "Justin Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Lekhanya"
    title: "Justin Lekhanya"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1397999"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump