Khemmani Pholsena

Khemmani Pholsena
ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ
Minister and Head of the President's Office
9th term
Assumed office
26 March 2021
PresidentThongloun Sisoulith
Prime MinisterPhankham Viphavanh
Preceded byKhammeung Phongthady
Minister of Industry and Commerce
8th term
In office
20 April 2016 – 22 March 2021
Prime MinisterThongloun Sisoulith
Succeeded byKhampheng Xaysompheng
7th term
In office
June 2014 – 20 April 2016
Prime MinisterThongsing Thammavong
Preceded byNam Vignaket
Personal details
Born1957/1958
Political partyLao People's Revolutionary Party
Alma materBeijing 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]

  1. ^ "ມອບ-ຮັບ ໜ້າທີ່ຫົວໜ້າຫ້ອງວ່າການປະທານປະເທດຜູ້ເກົ່າ - ໃໝ່" [Personnel Changes at the President's Office]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ^ a b Somphabmixay, Vilaysak (15 January 2021). "ຜົນການລາຍງານການເລືອກຕັ້ງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ແລະ ຜົນກອງປະຊຸມຄັ້ງປະຖົມມະລືກຂອງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ສະໄໝທີ XI" [The results of the election report delivered to the inaugural session of the 11th Party Central Committee]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. ^ a b "US-ASEAN Business Council | H.E. Khemmani Pholsena". US-ASEAN Business Council. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Laos taps Xi classmate as presidential aide, deepening China tilt". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Feature: A Lao family's experiences of tremendous changes in China - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Xi Jinping Meets with Friends of Lao Pholsena Family". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  7. ^ a b "Khemmani Pholsena" (PDF). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
  8. ^ "ມອບ-ຮັບໜ້າທີ່ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກຳ ແລະ ການຄ້າ" [Personnel Changes at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  9. ^ "ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ຄັ້ງທີ X ຂອງພັກ ເລືອກຕັ້ງເອົາຄະນະບໍລິຫານສູນກາງພັກຊຸດໃໝ່" [The 10th National Congress elects new Central Committee]. China Radio International. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.