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President of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
Incumbent
Saysomphone Phomvihane

since 22 March 2021
National Assembly of Laos
Appointer National Assembly of Laos
Constituting instrument Constitution of Laos

The President of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the speaker of the National Assembly of Laos. Before 1991, the President of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic served as head of state and chairman of the presidium of the National Assembly's predecessor, the Supreme People's Assembly. The office was later merged with that of parliamentary president while the head of state became the President of Laos.

List of presidents

Presidents of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Political party Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Souphanouvong1978.jpg Souphanouvong
ສຸພານຸວົງ
(1909–1995)
2 December 1975 25 November 1986 10 years, 358 days Lao People's Revolutionary Party
No image.png Sisomphone Lovansay
ສີສົມພອນ ລໍວັນໄຊ
(1916–1993)
Acting
25 November 1986 1988 1–2 years Lao People's Revolutionary Party
2 No image.png Nouhak Phoumsavanh
ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ
(1910–2008)
1 June 1989 25 November 1992 3 years, 177 days Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Presidents of the National Assembly

No. Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Term of office Party Notes
Took office Left office Time in office
1 No image.png Samane Vignaket
ສະໝານ ວິຍະເກດ
(1927–2016)
25 February 1993 2005 11–12 years Lao People's Revolutionary Party
2 Thongsing Thammavong 2012.jpg Thongsing Thammavong
ທອງສິງ ທຳມະວົງ
(born 1944)
8 June 2006 23 December 2010 4 years, 198 days Lao People's Revolutionary Party
3 PanyYathotou.jpg Pany Yathotou
ປານີ ຢາທໍ່ຕູ້
(born 1951)
23 December 2010 22 March 2021 10 years, 89 days Lao People's Revolutionary Party
4 No image.png Saysomphone Phomvihane
ໄຊ​ສົມ​ພອນ ພົມວິຫານ
(born 1956)
22 March 2021 Incumbent 3 years, 272 days Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Timeline

Saysomphone Phomvihane Pany Yathotou Thongsing Thammavong Samane Vignaket Nouhak Phoumsavanh Sisomphone Lovansay Souphanouvong

See also

  • Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos
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