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Choummaly Sayasone
	Choummaly Sayasone
	General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 21 March 2006
Preceded by	Khamtai Siphandon (Chairman of the Party)
	President of Laos
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 June 2006
Prime Minister	Bouasone Bouphavanh
Vice President	Bounnhang Vorachith
Preceded by	Khamtai Siphandon
Born	6 March 1936 (age 73); Attapu, Laos
Political party	PPPL
Spouse(s)	Keosaychay Sayasone

Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone (born March 6, 1936 in Attapu) is General Secretary of the communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. He was elected as General Secretary on March 21, 2006 by the party's 8th Congress, succeeding Khamtai Siphandon, and he subsequently succeeded Siphandon as President on June 8, 2006.

Sayasone joined the party's Politburo in 1991 and served as Vice President from 2001 to 2006. He also served for a time as Minister of Defense (1991-2001).

[edit] External links

"Laos gets new communist chief," Bangkok Post article 21 March 2006
"New leadership approved in Laos," BBC, 8 June 2006
"Choummaly endorsed as president of Laos," The Nation, 9 June 2006

Political offices
Preceded by Khamtai Siphandon	Minister for Defence of Laos 1991 – 2001	Succeeded by Douangchay Phichith
Preceded by Oudom Khattigna in 1999	Vice President of Laos 2001 – 2006	Succeeded by Bounnhang Vorachith
Preceded by Khamtai Siphandon	President of Laos 2006 – present	Incumbent
Party political offices
Preceded by Khamtai Siphandon (Chairman)	General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party 2006 – present	Incumbent

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