Phankham Viphavanh

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Phankham Viphavanh
ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ
Phankham in 2022
Prime Minister of Laos
In office
22 March 2021 – 30 December 2022
PresidentThongloun Sisoulith
Preceded byThongloun Sisoulith
Succeeded bySonexay Siphandone
Vice President of Laos
In office
20 April 2016 – 22 March 2021
PresidentBounnhang Vorachit
Preceded byBounnhang Vorachit
Succeeded byPany Yathotou & Bounthong Chitmany
Standing Member of the LPRP Secretariat
In office
21 January 2016 – 15 January 2021
General SecretaryBounnhang Vorachit
Preceded byBounnhang Vorachit
Succeeded byBounthong Chitmany
Personal details
Born (1951-04-14) 14 April 1951 (age 73)
French Protectorate of Laos
Political partyPeople's Revolutionary Party
Occupationpolitician

Phankham Viphavanh (

Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He became the Prime Minister of Laos, who was elected by the National Assembly of Laos in March 2021.[1] He retired in December 2022.[citation needed
]

He was deputy minister in the prime minister's office from 2003 to 2005, then was elected to the eighth Party Central Committee in 2006, and became governor of Houaphanh province.[citation needed] He was elected to politburo in 2011, and then held the position of Minister of Education and Sports. He was also the president of the Lao–Vietnam Friendship Association.[citation needed]

In 2014, he became the Deputy Prime Minister and in April 2016, he was elected as Vice President of Laos.[citation needed]

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Party political offices
Preceded by
Bounnhang Vorachith
Executive Secretary of the
Executive Committee

2011–present
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Bounnhang Vorachith
Vice President of Laos
2016–2021
Next:
Pany Yathotou
Bounthong Chitmany
Preceded by Prime Minister of Laos
2021–2022
Succeeded by