Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos
Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos | |
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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) | ||||
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Portrait | Name (Lifespan) |
Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
Kingdom of Laos | ||||||||
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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) | |
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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) | ||||||||
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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 | ||
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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 |
Notes[]
- ^ Under a Japanese puppet state after 8 April 1945. Proclaimed Head of State by Lao Issara on 12 October 1945.
- ^ Until 25 October 1949 in exile in Bangkok, Thailand.
- ^ From 9 December 1960 in exile in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
References[]
Specific[]
- ^ Evans, Grant (2002). A Short history of Laos, the land in between (PDF). Allen & Unwin.
Bibliography[]
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.
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