Lieutenant-General Maaparankoe Mahao (*27 January 1968 in Thaba-Tseka; †25 June 2015 near Mokema, Maseru District) was a Basotho General.
His appointment as Commander of the Lesotho Defence Force (LDF) in 2014 and the resultant refusal of his predecessor, Kennedy Tlali Kamoli to evacuate the post, ignited a season of political instability in Lesotho.
After Kamoli's return to the post, Mahao was murdered by soldiers under suspicious circumstances.