John Teboho Kolane

John Teboho Kolane (22 February 1926 - 14 August 1999) was a Lesotho politician and former Speaker of the National Assembly of Lesotho.

Biography Kolane was born in Maseru on 22 February 1926. He graduated as the first Mosotho from the Pius XII Catholic University College in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in English, political philosophy and native administration. In 1950, he started working in the civil service of Basutoland as an interpreter and later as a public prosecutor.

In 1970, Kolane was approved by chief Leabua Jonathan as the speaker of Interim National Assembly on 27 April 1973. He was then appointed as the speaker of the Constituent Assembly from 1990 to 1992. In 1993 Kolane was elected Speaker of the National Assembly, and served until his death.

He died of a heart attack on 14 August 1999 in Accra, Ghana. At that time, he was described as the longest-serving African legislative speaker.