Minister of Defense (Laos)
| Minister of Defense | |
|---|---|
| ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ (Lao) | |
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since November 2024 | |
| Ministry of Defense | |
| Member of | Lao People's Revolutionary Party the Government |
| Reports to | Prime Minister |
| Formation | 2 December 1975 |
| First holder | Khamtai Siphandone |
| Website | Official website |
The Minister of defense (Lao: ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ, romanized: ladthamonti kasuangpongkanpathed) is the head of the Ministry of Defense and is responsible for the Lao People's Armed Forces.
List of officeholders
[edit]Kingdom of Laos (1953–1975)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Monarch | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| Phoui Sananikone | Sisavang Vong | ||||||
| Kou Voravong (1914–1954) |
21 November 1953 | 18 September 1954 | 301 days | [1] | |||
| Souvanna Phouma | 18 September 1954 | 1958 | |||||
| Phoumi Nosavan | 1959 | 1960 | Sisavang Vatthana | ||||
| Souvanna Phouma | 1962 | 1974 | |||||
| Sisouk na Champassak | 1974 | May 1975 | |||||
Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–present)
[edit]| No. | Portrait | Name (Born-Died) |
Term of office | Government | Ref. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | |||||
| 1 | .jpg) |
Khamtai Siphandone (1924–2025) |
2 December 1975 | 15 August 1991 | 15 years, 256 days | Government I–II | [1] |
| 2 |  |
Choummaly Sayasone (born 1936) |
15 August 1991 | 27 March 2001 | 9 years, 224 days | Government II–III–IV | [2][3] |
| 3 |  |
Douangchay Phichit (1944–2014) |
27 March 2001 | 17 May 2014 † | 13 years, 51 days | Government IV–V–VI–VII | [4][5] [6] |
| 4 |  |
Sengnuan Xayalath | 17 May 2014 | 20 April 2016 | 1 year, 339 days | Government VII | |
| 5 | .jpg) |
Chansamone Chanyalath (born 1948) |
20 April 2016 | November 2024 | 10 years, 191 days | Government VIII–IX | |
| 6 | |
Khamlieng Outhakaysone | November 2024 | Incumbent | 1 year, 334 days | [7] | |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "President Khamtay Siphandone". un.int. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ↑ Political Handbook of Asia 1997. CQ Press. 1998. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-933199-12-5.
- ↑ The Statesman's Yearbook. Macmillan Publishers. 1999. p. 875. ISBN 978-0-312-21588-0.
- ↑ The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, Volum 2. CQ Press. 2005. p. 2751–3. ISBN 1-85743-253-3.
- ↑ Political Handbook of Asia 2007. CQ Press. 2008. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-87289-497-6.
- ↑ Political Handbook of Asia 2009. CQ Press. 2010. p. 755–6. ISBN 978-0-87289-559-1.
- ↑ "Vientiane Times". www.vientianetimes.org.la.
