President of Laos
position
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 |
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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 presidents
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, 34 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 86)
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