Khemmani Pholsena | |
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ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ | |
Minister and Head of the President's Office | |
9th term | |
Assumed office 26 March 2021 | |
President | Thongloun Sisoulith |
Prime Minister | Phankham Viphavanh |
Preceded by | Khammeung Phongthady |
Minister of Industry and Commerce | |
8th term | |
In office 20 April 2016 – 22 March 2021 | |
Prime Minister | Thongloun Sisoulith |
Succeeded by | Khampheng Xaysompheng |
7th term | |
In office June 2014 – 20 April 2016 | |
Prime Minister | Thongsing Thammavong |
Preceded by | Nam Vignaket |
Personal details | |
Born | 1957/1958 |
Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Alma mater | Beijing Bayi School Moscow State Institute of International Relations National University of Singapore |
Khemmani Pholsena (Lao: ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ; born ?) is a Lao politician, Minister and Head of the President's Office and a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).[1][2]
She is the fifth daughter of former Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Quinim Pholsena. Together with her siblings, she studied at Beijing Bayi School between 1963 and 1969,[3] where she was a schoolmate of Xi Jinping.[4][5][6] Between 1969 and 1975 she received her high school education in Vietnam.[3] Between 1977 and 1982 Pholsena obtained her Bachelor and master's degrees in International Economic Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 2003 she obtained a master's degree in Public Management from the National University of Singapore under the Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship.[7]
She has served as Minister of Industry and Commerce,[8] Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce and Director General of Foreign Trade Department at the same ministry.[7] In March 2021 she was appointed as a top aide of Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.[4]
She was elected to the 10th term of the party Central Committee at the 10th LPRP National Congress in 2016,[9] and to the 11th term at the 11th National Congress in 2021.[2]