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

Kingdom of Laos (1953–1975)

Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–present)

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, 185 days	Government VIII–IX

References

^ "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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