Limpho Tau

Tau was born in 1970. He earned a Bachelor of Science from the National University of Lesotho and a master of Business Administration from the University of the Free State in South Africa.^[1]

Tau is the founder and current chairman of the Limpho Tau Foundation. He was the president of Lioli Football Club from 2007 through 2009. He is a member of the Catholic Christian Life Community (CLC) Sodality/^[1]

Tau is married and has four children.^[1]

Tau stood unsuccessfully for the National Assembly in the 2015 general election as the Basotho National Party candidate in the Teya-Teyaneng No. 24 constituency. He was the BNP's constituency chair.^[1]

On 26 April 2016, Tau resigned from the BNP. He and other former BNP members formed the Democratic Party of Lesotho the following month.^[2] The party won one seat in the National Assembly at the 2017 general election through proportional representation and Tau was appointed to take up the seat.^[1]

Following the launch of businessman Sam Matekane's political party, the Revolution for Prosperity, in March 2022, Tau announced that he would be joining the party.^[3][4] Tau did not stand for re-election under the RFP ticket at the general election held in October 2022, which the RFP won. He was instead appointed to Senate by King Letsie III on 3 November 2023.^[5] Tau was sworn in as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Office the next day following his appointment by Matekane.^[6]