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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] |
The President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of state of Laos
List of presidents
[change | change source]No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) | Term of office | Prime minister(s) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
1 | ![]() | Souphanouvong ສຸພານຸວົງ (1909–1995) | 2 December 1975 | 29 October 1986 | 10 years, 331 days | Kaysone Phomvihane |
– | Phoumi Vongvichit ພູມີ ວົງວິຈິດ (1909–1994) Acting | 29 October 1986 | 15 August 1991 | 4 years, 290 days | Kaysone Phomvihane | |
2 | ![]() | Kaysone Phomvihane ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ (1920–1992) | 15 August 1991 | 21 November 1992 | 1 year, 98 days | Khamtai Siphandon |
3 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ (1910–2008) | 25 November 1992 | 24 February 1998 | 5 years, 91 days | Khamtai Siphandon | |
4 | Khamtai Siphandon ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ (born 1924) | 24 February 1998 | 8 June 2006 | 8 years, 104 days | Sisavath Keobounphanh Bounnhang Vorachith | |
5 | ![]() | Choummaly Sayasone ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ (born 1936) | 8 June 2006 | 20 April 2016 | 9 years, 317 days | Bouasone Bouphavanh Thongsing Thammavong |
6 | ![]() | Bounnhang Vorachith ບຸນຍັງ ວໍລະຈິດ (born 1937) | 20 April 2016 | 22 March 2021 | 4 years, 336 days | Thongloun Sisoulith |
7 | ![]() | Thongloun Sisoulith ທອງລຸນ ສີສຸລິດ (born 1945) | 22 March 2021 | Incumbent | 3 years, 165 days | Phankham Viphavanh |
Living former presidents
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Choummaly Sayasone
served 2006–2016
born 1936 (age 88) -
Bounnhang Vorachith
served 2016–2021
born 1937 (age 87)
References
[change | change source]- ↑ (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.