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General Secretary of the
Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
since 15 January 2021
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
StyleComrade (Formal)
TypeParty leader
Top leader of Laos[1][2][3][4][5]
AppointerCentral Committee
Term lengthFive years, renewable
Formation22 March 1955
First holderKaysone Phomvihane

The General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the highest-ranking member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).[6]

Officeholders

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Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Central Committee(s)
Took office Left office Time in office
General Secretary
Kaysone Phomvihane
(1920–1992)
22 March 1955 29 March 1991 36 years, 7 days IIIIIIIV
(1955–1991)
Chairman
Kaysone Phomvihane
(1920–1992)
29 March 1991 21 November 1992 1 year, 237 days V
(1991–1996)
Khamtai Siphandone
(1924–2025)
24 November 1992 21 March 2006 13 years, 117 days VVIVII
(1991–2006)
General Secretary
Choummaly Sayasone
(born 1936)
21 March 2006 22 January 2016 9 years, 307 days VIIIIX
(2006–2016)
Bounnhang Vorachit
(born 1937)
22 January 2016 15 January 2021 4 years, 359 days X
(2016–2021)
Thongloun Sisoulith
(born 1945)
15 January 2021 Incumbent 5 years, 204 days XIXII
(2021–2031)

Timeline

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Thongloun SisoulithBounnhang VorachitChoummaly SayasoneKhamtai SiphandoneKaysone Phomvihane

References

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  1. "Political System in Laos". Asia Mystica.
  2. "Laos country profile". BBC. 18 April 2023.
  3. "Top Lao leader arrives in Hanoi, beginning state visit to Vietnam". Vietnam Law and Legal Forum. 26 January 2026.
  4. "Laos Communist Party names PM Thongloun as new leader". Reuters. 15 January 2021.
  5. "Vietnamese Prime Minister hosts top leader of Laos". Việt Nam News. 24 October 2025.
  6. Mark A. Lamport (2018). Encyclopedia of Christianity in the Global South. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p. 446. ISBN 978-1-4422-7157-9.