General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the office of the highest-ranking member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the de facto leader of Laos. The General Secretary is also the Chairman of the Defense and Public Security Commission, the commander-in-chief of the Lao People's Armed Forces. From 1991 to 2006, the office was titled Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party | |
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Logo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party | |
Bounnhang Vorachit since 22 January 2016 | |
Appointer | Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Term length | 5 years |
Inaugural holder | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Formation | 22 March 1955 |
The Party's Central Committee elects the General Secretary. The General Secretary usually also becomes President of Laos eventually.
Officeholders
No. [note 1] |
Title | Name (birth–death) |
Took office | Left office | Central Committee | Portrait |
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1 | General Secretary | Kaysone Phomvihane (1920–1992) |
22 March 1955 | 29 March 1991 | 1st–4th Central Committee (1955–1991) |
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Chairman | 29 March 1991 | 21 November 1992 | 5th Central Committee (1991–1996) | |||
2 | Chairman | Khamtai Siphandon (born 1924) |
24 November 1992 | 21 March 2006 | 5th–7th Central Committee (1991–2006) |
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3 | General Secretary | Choummaly Sayasone (born 1936) |
21 March 2006 | 22 January 2016 | 8th–9th Central Committee (2006–2016) |
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4 | General Secretary | Bounnhang Vorachith (born 1938) |
22 January 2016 | Incumbent | 10th Central Committee (2016–2021) |
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References
- These numbers are not official.
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