Lao Assembly elects Sisoulith President, Siphandone PM


Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone.

VIENTIANE: (Bernama-Xinhua) The first session of the 10th Lao National Assembly on Monday (March 23) elected Thongloun Sisoulith, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, as president of Laos and Sonexay Siphandone, a member of the Political Bureau of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee, as prime minister, reported Xinhua. - Bernama-Xinhua

Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.
Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.

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