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Laos

Laos

PartialSovereign state

Laos

Primary executive

Complete
Thongloun Sisoulith
OriginalIlham Aliyev met with President of Laos in Kazan » Official web-site of President of Azerbaijan Republic · Press Service of the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan · CC BY · Original

Thongloun Sisoulith

Paramount leader Active

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic · Principal · De jure

Head of government

Sonexay Siphandone
OriginalJapan-Laos Summit Meeting | Prime Minister in Action | Prime Minister's Office of Japan · Cabinet Public Relations Office of the Cabinet Secretariat · CC BY · Original

Sonexay Siphandone

Head of government Active

Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic · Principal

Editorial profile v1

Verified country brief

Versioned editorial facts take priority over database records on this country page.

completeAug 10, 2026

Current policy issues

  1. 1Economic and financial stabilityLao News Agency - Inaugural session of the Tenth National Assembly, Lao News Agency - First Extraordinary Session of the Tenth National Assembly
  2. 2Inflation, fuel supply and cost of livingLao News Agency - Inaugural session of the Tenth National Assembly
  3. 3Rural development and poverty reductionLao News Agency - First Extraordinary Session of the Tenth National Assembly
  4. 4Drug control and public securityLao News Agency - Inaugural session of the Tenth National Assembly

Indexed party landscape

Parties and alliances currently indexed for this jurisdiction. Active and historical labels reflect the source dataset, not an official national register.

Partial
Tracked parties
14
Active in source
1
Historical in source
13
parties shown
14
More parties (2)

Elections

Partial

2011 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 30, 2011

Completed

2006 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Apr 30, 2006

Completed

2002 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Feb 24, 2002

Completed

1997 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 21, 1997

Completed

1992 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 20, 1992

Completed

1989 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Mar 26, 1989

Completed

1972 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jan 2, 1972

Completed

1967 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Jan 1, 1967

Completed

1947 Laotian parliamentary election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Aug 24, 1947

Completed

1946 Laotian Constituent Assembly election

Parliamentary election · Legislative

Dec 15, 1946

Completed

Sources

11

  1. 1Lao News Agency - manual editorial v16citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  2. 2Lao News Agency - Thongloun Sisoulith re-elected President on 23 March 2026citation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  3. 3Lao News Agency - Tenth Government and Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone approvedcitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  4. 4Lao News Agency - Inaugural session of the Tenth National Assemblycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  5. 5Lao News Agency - 243 candidates for 175 National Assembly seatscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  6. 6Lao News Agency - National Election Committee announces 175 elected memberscitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  7. 7Lao News Agency - National Assembly election and party guidelinescitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  8. 8Lao News Agency - First Extraordinary Session of the Tenth National Assemblycitation_only · Aug 10, 2026
  9. 9WikidataCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  10. 10Party FactsCC0-1.0 · Aug 9, 2026
  11. 11Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode-3.0 · Aug 9, 2026

Political world map

Southeast Asia

Indonesia. Primary executive: Prabowo Subianto. PartialTimor-Leste. Primary executive: Xanana Gusmão. Head of state: José Ramos-Horta. PartialCambodia. Primary executive: Hun Manet. Head of state: Norodom Sihamoni. PartialThailand. Primary executive: Anutin Charnvirakul. Head of state: Vajiralongkorn. PartialLaos. Primary executive: Thongloun Sisoulith. PartialMyanmar (Burma). Primary executive: Min Aung Hlaing. PartialVietnam. Primary executive: Tô Lâm. PartialPhilippines. Primary executive: Bongbong Marcos. PartialMalaysia. Primary executive: Anwar Ibrahim. Head of state: Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor. PartialBrunei. Primary executive: Hassanal Bolkiah I of Brunei. Partial
LaosPrimary executive: Thongloun SisoulithPartial
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Listed without map geometry (1)

Boundaries and names shown on this map do not imply a position by CiviOrg. Small territories without geometry remain available in the index.