Prime Minister of Laos

position

Key facts

Style: Your Excellency
Type: Head of government
Member of: LPRP Central Committee LPRP Politburo
Residence: Building of the Office of the Prime Minister
Seat: Vientiane
Nominator: President
Appointer: National Assembly
Term length: Maximum of two five-year terms
Constituting instrument: Constitution of Laos , Law on Government
Inaugural holder: Phetsarath Ratanavongsa
Formation: 21 August 1941 , (84 years ago) ( 1941-08-21 )
Deputy: Deputy Prime Minister

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The prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly the chairman of the Council of Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is the head of government of Laos. The prime minister is accountable to the president, the National Assembly and the country's only legal party: the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The current prime minister is Sonexay Siphandone, who was elected in 2022.

The Kingdom of Luang Phrabang was the first Laotian state to establish the office of prime minister. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Laos, ratified in 1947, established the post of prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos. The kingdom was abolished on 2 December 1975, when the National Congress of People's Representatives established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The congress established the office of prime minister, forming the First Government on that day. The Supreme People's Assembly (SPA) approved the Law on the Council of Government, regulating the government's decision-making process, in 1982. The Constitution was approved on 14 August 1991, and the Prime Minister was made subordinate to the President.