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

Kingdom of Laos (1953–1975)

Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–present)

No. Portrait Name
(Born-Died) 		Term of office Government Ref.
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Khamtai Siphandone
(1924–2025) 		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, 347 days Government VIII–IX

References

  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.
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_National_Defence_(Laos)
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