Choummaly Sayasone
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| Choummaly Sayasone Shiavong | |
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| ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ | |
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| General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party | |
| Assumed office 8 June 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Khamtai Siphandon |
| President of Laos | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2006 |
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| Prime Minister | Bouasone Bouphavanh Thongsing Thammavong |
| Vice President | Bounnhang Vorachith |
| Preceded by | Khamtai Siphandon |
| Chairman of the Defense and Public Security Commission of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party | |
| Assumed office 21 March 2006 |
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| Preceded by | Khamtai Siphandon |
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| Born | March 6, 1936 Attapeu, Laos |
| Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse(s) | Keosaychay Sayasone |
Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone (Lao: ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ; born 6 March 1936) is a Laotian politician who has been General Secretary (de facto leader) of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos since 2006.
Choummaly was born in Attapu. He joined the Party's Politburo in 1991 and served as Minister of Defense from 1991 to 2001. Subsequently he was Vice President from 2001 to 2006.
He was elected as the LPRP's General Secretary on 21 March 2006, in the aftermath of the Party's 8th Congress, by the first plenum of the eighth Central Committee, succeeding Khamtai Siphandon as de facto leader of Laos. He subsequently succeeded Siphandon as the 6th President of Laos on June 8, 2006.
In March 2011, he was reelected to his position as the LPRP's General Secretary at the 9th LPRP Congress. In June 2011, he was re-elected as President of Laos at the seventh National Assembly.[1]
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| Preceded by as Chairperson of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party | General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party 2006–present |
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| Preceded by | Minister for Defence 1991–2001 |
Succeeded by Douangchay Phichith |
| Preceded by | Vice President of Laos 2001–2006 |
Succeeded by Bounnhang Vorachith |
| Preceded by | President of Laos 2006–present |
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