Democratic Party (Laos)

Defunct political party in Laos

Politics of Laos

Constitution

* Marxism–Leninism
* Kaysone Phomvihane Thought

People's Revolutionary Party

National Congress (11th)

* Rules
* Central Committee (11th)
* General Secretary
* Thongloun Sisoulith
* Secretariat (11th)
* Standing Member
* Bounthong Chitmany
* Politburo (11th)
* Inspection Commission (11th)
* Chairman
* Khamphan Phommathat
* Vice Chairman
* Vilayvanh Boudakham
* Defence and Public Security Commission (11th)
* Chairman
* Thongloun Sisoulith

National Assembly

9th term

* President
* Saysomphone Phomvihane
* Standing Committee (9th)
* President
* Saysomphone Phomvihane
* Presidency (9th)
* President
* Thongloun Sisoulith
* Vice President
* Pany Yathotou
* Bounthong Chitmany
* Government (9th—list)
* Prime Minister
* Phankham Viphavanh
* Deputy Prime Minister
* Chansamone Chanyalath
* Sonexay Siphandone
* Kikeo Khaykhamphithoune
* State Audit Organisation (9th)
* President
* Malaythong Kommasith
* State Inspection Authority (9th)
* President
* Khamphan Phommathat
* Judiciary
* People's Supreme Court (9th)
* President
* Viengthong Siphandone
* Supreme People's Procuracy (9th)
* Supreme Prosecutor
* Xaysana Khotphouthone

Mass organisations

* Front for National Development
* Standing Committee
* President
* Saysomphone Phomvihane
* Women's Union
* Central Committee
*         * President
* Inlavanh Keobounphanh
* Youth Union
* Central Committee
*         * General Secretary
* Alounxay Sounnalath

* Military
* Defense

* Lao People's Armed Forces

Head: Thongloun Sisoulith
* Ministry of Defense

Minister: C. Chanyalath

List

* Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Saleumxay Kommasith

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* Diplomatic missions of / in Laos

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* Passport
* Visa requirements
* Visa policy

Related topics

* Elections
* Administrative divisions

* (provinces
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Democracy (CIDL)

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The Democratic Party was a political party in Laos.

## History

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The party was established in 1948 by Kou Voravong, and was controlled by the Voravong family, who also paid for the party's newspaper Sieng Lao (Voice of Laos) to be published.[1] It won four of the 39 seats in the 1951 elections.[2] Following Kou Voravong's assassination in 1954,[1] it was reduced to three seats in the 1955 elections.[2] However, the cabinet was constitutionally required to obtain the support of two-thirds of MPs, and therefore the party held a significant amount of power over the National Progressive Party, which had won 22 seats. It failed to win a seat in the 1958 supplementary elections.

## References

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1. ^ a b Haruhiro Fukui (1985) Political parties of Asia and the Pacific, Greenwood Press, pp687–688
2. ^ a b Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p137 ISBN 0-19-924959-8

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