Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos
Longest serving Souvanna Phouma 23 June 1962–2 December 1975
Status	Head of Government
Reports to	Parliament
Nominator	Parliament of Laos
Appointer	The King of Laos
Inaugural holder	Phetsarath Ratanavongsa
Formation	21 August 1941
Final holder	Souvanna Phouma
Abolished	2 December 1975

The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos was the head of government. It was the highest office within the .

List of prime ministers of the Kingdom of Laos[]

No.	Prime Minister		Term of office			Political party		Monarch (Reign)
	Portrait	Name (Lifespan)	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Kingdom of Laos
1		Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa ເຈົ້າເພັດຊະຣາດ ຣັຕນະວົງສາ (1890–1959)[a]	21 August 1941[1]	10 October 1945	4 years, 50 days		Non-partisan	King Sisavang Vong (1904–1945)
—		Phaya Khammao ພະຍາ ຄຳມ້າວ (1911–1984) Chairman of the Provisional Government[b]	12 October 1945	23 April 1946	193 days		Lao Issara	Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1945–1946)
2		Prince Kindavong ເຈົ້າກິນດາວົງສ໌ (1900–1951)	23 April 1946	15 March 1947	326 days		Non-partisan	King Sisavang Vong (1946–1959)
3		Prince Souvannarath ເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະຣາດ (1893–1960)	15 March 1947	25 March 1948	1 year, 10 days		Non-partisan
4		Prince Boun Oum ບຸນອຸ້ມ ນະ ຈຳປາສັກ (1912–1980)	25 March 1948	24 February 1950	1 year, 305 days		Non-partisan
5		Phoui Sananikone ຜຸຍ ຊະນະນິກອນ (1903–1983)	24 February 1950	15 October 1951	1 year, 233 days		Independent Party
6		Crown Prince Sisavang Vatthana ເຈົ້າສີສະຫວ່າງວັດທະນາ (1907–1978/1984)	15 October 1951	21 November 1951	37 days		Non-partisan
7		Prince Souvanna Phouma ເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະພູມາ (1901–1984)	21 November 1951	25 October 1954	2 years, 338 days		National Progressive Party
8		Katay Don Sasorith ກະຕ່າຍ ໂດນສະໂສລິດ (1904–1959)	25 October 1954	21 March 1956	1 year, 148 days		National Progressive Party
(7)		Prince Souvanna Phouma ເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະພູມາ (1901–1984)	21 March 1956	17 August 1958	2 years, 149 days		National Progressive Party
(5)		Phoui Sananikone ຜຸຍ ຊະນະນິກອນ (1903–1983)	17 August 1958	31 December 1959	1 year, 136 days		Lao People's Rally
								King Sisavang Vatthana (1959–1975)
—		General Sounthone Pathammavong ສູນທອນ ປະຖຳມະວົງ (1911–1985) Army Chief of Staff	31 December 1959	7 January 1960	7 days		Committee for the Defence of National Interests / FAR (ARL)
9		Kou Abhay ກຸ ອະໄພ (1892–1964)	7 January 1960	3 June 1960	148 days		Non-partisan
10		Prince Somsanith Vongkotrattana ເຈົ້າສົມສະນິດ ວົງກົຕຣັຕນະ (1913–1975)	3 June 1960	15 August 1960	73 days		Committee for the Defence of National Interests
(7)		Prince Souvanna Phouma ເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະພູມາ (1901–1984)[c]	30 August 1960	13 December 1960	105 days		Lao People's Rally
		Quinim Pholsena ກວີນິມ ພົລເສນາ (1915–1963) (not recognized)	11 December 1960	13 December 1960	2 days		Peace and Neutrality Party
(4)		Prince Boun Oum ບຸນອຸ້ມ ນະ ຈຳປາສັກ (1912–1980)	13 December 1960	23 June 1962	1 year, 192 days		Non-partisan
(7)		Prince Souvanna Phouma ເຈົ້າສຸວັນນະພູມາ (1901–1984)	23 June 1962	2 December 1975	13 years, 162 days		Lao Neutralist Party

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Books:

• Brown, MacAlister; Zasloff, Joseph J. (1986). Apprentice Revolutionaries: The Communist Movement in Laos, 1930–1985. Hoover Institution Press. ISBN 0-8179-8122-5.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
• Norindr, Chou (1982). "Political Institutions of the Lao People's Democratic Republic". In Stuart-Fox, Martin (ed.). Contemporary Laos: Studies in the Politics and Society of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. University of Queensland Press. ISBN 0-7022-1840-5.