Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
ນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີ ແຫ່ງ ສປປ ລາວ
National emblem
National flag
Incumbent Sonexay Siphandone since 30 December 2022
Executive branch
Office of the Prime Minister
Style
Your Excellency
Type
Head of government
Member of
LPRP Central Committee
LPRP Politburo
Residence
Building of the Office of the Prime Minister
Seat
Vientiane
Nominator
President
Appointer
National Assembly
Term length
Maximum of two five-year terms
Constituting instrument
Constitution of Laos Law on Government
Inaugural holder
Phetsarath Ratanavongsa
Formation
21 August 1941
Deputy
Deputy Prime Minister
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General Secretary
Thongloun Sisoulith
Secretariat (11th)
Standing Member
Bounthong Chitmany
Politburo (11th)
Inspection Commission (11th)
Chairman
Khamphan Phommathat
Vice Chairman
Vilayvanh Boudakham
Defence and Public Security Commission (11th)
Chairman
Thongloun Sisoulith
National Assembly
9th term
President
Saysomphone Phomvihane
Standing Committee (9th)
President
Saysomphone Phomvihane
Presidency (9th)
President
Thongloun Sisoulith
Vice President
Pany Yathotou
Bounthong Chitmany
Government (9th—list)
Prime Minister
Phankham Viphavanh
Deputy Prime Minister
Chansamone Chanyalath
Sonexay Siphandone
Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune
State Audit Organisation (9th)
President
Malaythong Kommasith
State Inspection Authority (9th)
President
Khamphan Phommathat
Judiciary
People's Supreme Court (9th)
President
Viengthong Siphandone
Supreme People's Procuracy (9th)
Supreme Prosecutor
Xaysana Khotphouthone
Mass organisations
Front for National Development
Standing Committee
President
Saysomphone Phomvihane
Women's Union
Central Committee
President
Inlavanh Keobounphanh
Youth Union
Central Committee
General Secretary
Alounxay Sounnalath
Military
Defense
Lao People's Armed Forces
Head: Thongloun Sisoulith
Ministry of Defense
Minister: C. Chanyalath
List
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Minister: Saleumxay Kommasith
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The Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly the chairman of the Council of Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is the head of government of Laos. The highest position in the government, they direct the country's executive branch. The prime minister is accountable to the president, the National Assembly and the country's only legal party: the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The current prime minister is Sonexay Siphandone, who was elected in 2022.
The Kingdom of Luang Phrabang was the first Laotian state to establish the office of prime minister. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Laos, ratified in 1947, established the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos. The kingdom was abolished on 2 December 1975, when the National Congress of People's Representatives established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The congress established the office of prime minister, forming the First Government on that day. The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) approved the Law on the Council of Government, regulating the government's decision-making process, in 1982. The Constitution was approved on 14 August 1991, and the Prime Minister was made subordinate to the President.
Although the Constitution and the Law on Government do not stipulate any qualifications needed to be elected prime minister except for a minimum age of twenty, the law implies that the prime minister must be a member of the LPRP. Every prime minister since the communist seizure of power on 2 December 1975 has been a member of the LPRP Central Committee and the party's Politburo. Of the seven prime ministers since 1975, two served concurrently as LPRP General Secretary; since 1998, however, the general secretary normally serves concurrently as the president.
The prime minister is nominated by the president and elected for a five-year term by the National Assembly. The nominee must receive a majority vote to be elected, and the officeholder can serve a maximum of two terms. The prime minister is responsible for controlling the government's apparatus and composition. They have the right to propose the appointment, reassignment, and removal of minister-level officials and provincial governors to the National Assembly, and is empowered to control and monitor central, provincial and municipal state bodies.
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