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Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic | |
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ຮອງນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີລາວ | |
since March 22, 2021 | |
Government of Laos | |
Member of | National Assembly |
Reports to |
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Appointer | National Assembly (nominated by the President) on the advice of the prime minister |
Inaugural holder | Nouhak Phoumsavan Phoumi Vongvichit Phoun Sipraseuth Khamtai Siphandon |
Formation | 2 December 1975 |
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the deputy chief executive and the rank below the Prime Minister. The office of Deputy Prime Minister was officially created as a ministerial portfolio on 2 December 1975. A Deputy Prime Minister is appointed on the orders of the sitting Prime Minister.