Khamtai Siphandone

Khamtai Siphandone
ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ
Siphandone in 2004
Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
In office
24 November 1992 – 21 March 2006
Preceded byKaysone Phomvihane
Succeeded byChoummaly Sayasone (as General Secretary)
4th President of Laos
In office
24 February 1998 – 8 June 2006
Prime MinisterSisavath Keobounphanh
Bounnhang Vorachith
Vice PresidentOudom Khattigna
Choummaly Sayasone
Preceded byNouhak Phoumsavanh
Succeeded byChoummaly Sayasone
12th prime minister of Laos
In office
15 August 1991 – 24 February 1998
PresidentKaysone Phomvihane
Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Preceded byKaysone Phomvihane
Succeeded bySisavath Keobounphanh
Deputy Prime Minister of Laos
In office
2 December 1975 – 15 August 1991
Minister of Defense
In office
2 December 1975 – 15 August 1991
Prime MinisterKaysone Phomvihane
Preceded byPost established
Succeeded byChoummaly Sayasone
Personal details
Born (1924-02-08) 8 February 1924 (age 100)
Champasak, French Protectorate of Laos, French Indochina (now Laos)
Political partyLao People's Revolutionary Party (1955–2006)
SpouseThongvanh Siphandone
Children
RelativesKhampheng Saysompheng (son-in-law)

General Khamtai Siphandone (Lao: ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ; born 8 February 1924) is a Laotian politician who was Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 24 November 1992 to 21 March 2006 and President of Laos[1] from 24 February 1998 to 8 June 2006, when he was replaced by Choummaly Sayasone. He was a member of the Communist Party of Indochina in 1954 and a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 1956.

  1. ^ Doeden, Matt (2007) Laos in Pictures, Lerner Publishing Group, ISBN 978-0-8225-6590-1, p. 71