President of Laos
The President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of state of Laos
President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
ປະທານປະເທດ ແຫ່ງ ສປປ ລາວ Président de la République démocratique populaire lao | |
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Style | His Excellency |
Type | Head of state |
Member of | |
Residence | Presidential Palace, Vientiane |
Seat | Vientiane |
Nominator | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Appointer | National Assembly |
Term length | Five years, renewable once |
Constituting instrument | Constitution of Laos |
Inaugural holder | Souphanouvong |
Formation | 2 December 1975 |
Deputy | Vice President |
Salary | 1,170,000 Kip per month[1] |
List of heads of state of Laos
King (Rath)
# | Portrait | Name | Took office | Left office | |
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Sisavang Vong | September 15, 1945 | October 20, 1945 | |||
Head of State | |||||
Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa | 20 October 1945 | 23 April 1946 | |||
Kings | |||||
Sisavang Vong | 23 April 1946 | 28 November 1946 | |||
Head of State | |||||
Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa | 28 November 1946 | 25 October 1949 | |||
Kings | |||||
Sisavang Vong | 25 October 1949 | October 29, 1959 | |||
Savang Vatthana | October 30, 1959 | December 2, 1975 |
# | Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death) |
Term of office | |
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Took office | Left office | |||
1 | Kaysone Phomvihane
(1920–1992) |
22 March 1955 | 2 December 1975 | |
1 | Souphanouvong ສຸພານຸວົງ (1909–1995) |
2 December 1975 | 29 October 1986 | |
2 | Phoumi Vongvichit ພູມີ ວົງວິຈິດ (1909–1994) |
29 October 1986 | 15 August 1991 | |
3 | Kaysone Phomvihane ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ (1920–1992) |
15 August 1991 | 21 November 1992 | |
3 | Khamtai Siphandon
ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ (born 1924) |
21 November 1992 | 25 November 1992 | |
4 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ (1910–2008) |
25 November 1992 | 24 February 1998 | |
5 | Sisavath Keobounphanh ສີສະຫວາດ ແກ້ວບຸນພັນ (1928–2020) |
1996 | 1998 | |
6 | Oudom Khattigna ອຸດົມ ຂັດຕິຍະ (1931–1999) |
24 February 1998 | 9 December 1999 | |
7 | Khamtai Siphandon ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ (born 1924) |
24 February 1998 | 8 June 2006 | |
8 | Choummaly Sayasone ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ (born 1936) |
27 March 2001 | 8 June 2006 | |
8 June 2006 | 20 April 2016 | |||
9 | Bounnhang Vorachit ບຸນຍັງ ວໍລະຈິດ (born 1937) |
8 June 2006 | 20 April 2016 | |
20 April 2016 | 22 March 2021 | |||
10 | Phankham Viphavanh ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ (born 1951) |
20 April 2016 | 22 March 2021 | |
11 | Thongloun Sisoulith ທອງລຸນ ສີສຸລິດ (born 1945) |
22 March 2021 | Incumbent | |
12 | Pany Yathotou ປານີ ຢາທໍ່ຕູ້ (born 1951) |
22 March 2021 | Incumbent | |
13 | Bounthong Chitmany ບຸນທອງ ຈິດມະນີ (born 1948) |
Living former presidents
Choummaly Sayasone
served 2006–2016
born 1936 (age 88)Bounnhang Vorachith
served 2016–2021
born 1937 (age 87)
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References
- ↑ (in Japanese)Bouangeun Ounnalath. "Comparison on Salary System for Government between Lao PDR and Japan" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-30. Retrieved 2019-07-18.