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Choummaly Sayasone
ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ
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Sayasone in 2015
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
In office
21 March 2006 – 22 January 2016
Preceded by Khamtai Siphandone (as Chairman)
Succeeded by Bounnhang Vorachith
5th President of Laos
In office
8 June 2006 – 20 April 2016
Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh
Thongsing Thammavong
Vice President Bounnhang Vorachith
Preceded by Khamtai Siphandon
Succeeded by Bounnhang Vorachith
3rd Vice President of Laos
In office
27 March 2001 – 8 June 2006
President Khamtai Siphandon
Preceded by Oudom Khattigna
Succeeded by Bounnhang Vorachith
Minister of National Defence
In office
15 August 1991 – 27 March 2001
Prime Minister Bounnhang Vorachith
Sisavath Keobounphanh
Khamtai Siphandon
Preceded by Khamtai Siphandon
Succeeded by Douangchay Phichit
Personal details
Born (1936-03-06) 6 March 1936 (age 88)
Attapeu, French Protectorate of Laos, French Indochina
Political party Flag of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.svg Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Spouse Keosaychay Sayasone (m. 1993; died 2021)
Military service
Allegiance  Laos

Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone (Lao: ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ; born 6 March 1936) is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary (supreme leader) of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos (head of state) from 2006 to 2016.

History

Choummaly Sayasone was born in Attapeu. He joined the Party's Politburo in 1991 and was Minister of Defence from 1991 to 2001. Subsequently he was the third Vice President of Laos from 2001 to 2006.

He was elected as the LPRP's General Secretary on 21 March 2006, in the aftermath of the Party's 8th Congress, by the first plenum of the eighth Central Committee, succeeding Khamtai Siphandone as de facto leader of Laos. He subsequently succeeded Siphandon as the 6th President of Laos on 8 June 2006.

In March 2011, he was reelected to his position as the LPRP's General Secretary at the 9th LPRP Congress. In June 2011, he was re-elected as President of Laos at the seventh National Assembly. He did not seek re-election to the LPRP Central Committee at the 10th LPRP Congress in January 2016, indicating his retirement. Bounnhang Vorachit was elected to succeed him as General Secretary on 22 January 2016.

On 4 April 2021, Sayasone and his family were on a yacht in Nam Ngum Lake, when there was a storm and the vessel capsized. Although initially feared dead, Sayasone survived, but nine people died, including his wife, Keosaychay Sayasone, and his son.

Awards and honors

  •  Cuba:
    • Ribbon jose marti.png Order of José Martí (2015)
  •  Vietnam:
    • Vietnam Gold Star ribbon.png Gold Star Order (2006)

See also

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