Minister of Defense (Laos)

Minister of Defense
Minister of Defense
ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ (Lao)
	Incumbent; Chansamone Chanyalath; since 20 April 2016
	Ministry of Defense
Member of	Lao People's Revolutionary Party; the Government
Reports to	Prime Minister
Formation	2 December 1975
First holder	Khamtai Siphandone

The Minister of defense (Lao: ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ, romanized: ladthamonti kasuangpongkanpathed) is the head of the Ministry of Defense and is responsible for the Lao People's Armed Forces.

List of officeholders[edit]

Kingdom of Laos (1953–1975)[edit]

Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–present)[edit]

No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Government	Ref.
No.	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Government	Ref.
1		Khamtai Siphandone (born 1924)	2 December 1975	15 August 1991	15 years, 256 days	Government I–II	^[1]
2		Choummaly Sayasone (born 1936)	15 August 1991	27 March 2001	9 years, 224 days	Government II–III–IV	^[2]^[3]
3		Douangchay Phichit (1944–2014)	27 March 2001	17 May 2014 †	13 years, 51 days	Government IV–V–VI–VII	^[4]^[5] ^[6]
4		Sengnuan Xayalath	17 May 2014	20 April 2016	1 year, 339 days	Government VII
5		Chansamone Chanyalath (born 1948)	20 April 2016	Incumbent	8 years, 9 days	Government VIII–IX

References[edit]

^ "President Khamtay Siphandone". un.int. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
^ Political Handbook of Asia 1997. CQ Press. 1998. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-933199-12-5.
^ The Statesman's Yearbook. Macmillan Publishers. 1999. p. 875. ISBN 978-0-312-21588-0.
^ The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, Volum 2. CQ Press. 2005. p. 2751–3. ISBN 1-85743-253-3.
^ Political Handbook of Asia 2007. CQ Press. 2008. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-87289-497-6.
^ Political Handbook of Asia 2009. CQ Press. 2010. p. 755–6. ISBN 978-0-87289-559-1.

[1] "President Khamtay Siphandone". un.int. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

[2] Political Handbook of Asia 1997. CQ Press. 1998. p. 472. ISBN 978-0-933199-12-5.

[3] The Statesman's Yearbook. Macmillan Publishers. 1999. p. 875. ISBN 978-0-312-21588-0.

[4] The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, Volum 2. CQ Press. 2005. p. 2751–3. ISBN 1-85743-253-3.

[5] Political Handbook of Asia 2007. CQ Press. 2008. p. 415. ISBN 978-0-87289-497-6.

[6] Political Handbook of Asia 2009. CQ Press. 2010. p. 755–6. ISBN 978-0-87289-559-1.

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