Boungnang Vorachith

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Boungnang Vorachith

Boungnang Vorachith (born August 15, 1937 in Na, Thapanthong district in Savannakhet Province ) is a Laotian politician . He is a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LRVP).

biography

Boungnang Vorachith joined the Pathet Lao resistance movement in 1952 and worked in the propaganda department of the armed forces in Savannakhet. In 1954 he was transferred to the fighting force. From 1957 to 1961 he studied in Vietnam , after which he returned to Laos and helped prepare for the conquest of Luang Namtha Province . After the victory in Luang Namtha in 1962, he returned to Vietnam and studied at a military college.

In 1964 he returned to Laos and in 1969 became the head of the Organizing Committee of Xieng Khouang Province . In 1972 he became deputy commander of the Northern Front in Luang Prabang Province . Here he also joined the coalition in 1974 and became party secretary of the defense forces of the neutral city of Luang Prabang . In 1975 he became political leader of the armed forces in the northern half of the country. In 1978 he returned to Vietnam to study political theory. In 1980 he became political leader of the armed forces, and from 1982 to 1992 he also served as governor of Savannakhet Province .

Before becoming Prime Minister in 2001, he had been Deputy Prime Minister since 1996. In addition, he was chairman of the Lao-Vietnamese cooperation committee from 1996 to 1999 and finance minister from 1999 to 2001 . On March 26, 2001, he was elected Chairman of the Council of Ministers ( Prime Minister ) of Laos. On June 8, 2006 he was followed by the previous 1st Deputy Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh in the office of Prime Minister. On March 8, 2006, he himself became Vice President of the People's Democratic Republic of Laos and thus Deputy to Choummaly Sayasone .

On January 22, 2016 he was elected General Secretary of the LRVP by the 10th Congress of the party.

Boungnang Vorachith is married to Khammeung Vorachith and has three sons and two daughters.

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ruling communists in Laos promote VP as country's new leader
personal data
SURNAME Vorachith, Boungnang
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Laotian politician
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Well, Savannakhet Province