President 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] |
The President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the head of state of Laos
List of heads of state of Laos
[change | change source]King (Rath)
[change | change source]| # | 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 | 
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Kaysone Phomvihane
(1920–1992) |
22 March 1955 | 2 December 1975 |
| 1 | 
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Souphanouvong ສຸພານຸວົງ (1909–1995) |
2 December 1975 | 29 October 1986 |
| 2 | Phoumi Vongvichit ພູມີ ວົງວິຈິດ (1909–1994) |
29 October 1986 | 15 August 1991 | |
| 3 |
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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 | 
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Sisavath Keobounphanh ສີສະຫວາດ ແກ້ວບຸນພັນ (1928–2020) |
1996 | 1998 |
| 6 | 
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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 | 
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Choummaly Sayasone ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ (born 1936) |
27 March 2001 | 8 June 2006 |
| 8 June 2006 | 20 April 2016 | |||
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Bounnhang Vorachit ບຸນຍັງ ວໍລະຈິດ (born 1937) |
8 June 2006 | 20 April 2016 |
| 20 April 2016 | 22 March 2021 | |||
| 10 | 
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Phankham Viphavanh ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ (born 1951) |
20 April 2016 | 22 March 2021 |
| 11 | 
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Thongloun Sisoulith ທອງລຸນ ສີສຸລິດ (born 1945) |
22 March 2021 | Incumbent |
| 12 | 
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Pany Yathotou ປານີ ຢາທໍ່ຕູ້ (born 1951) |
22 March 2021 | Incumbent |
| 13 |
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Bounthong Chitmany ບຸນທອງ ຈິດມະນີ (born 1948) | ||
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.
