National Assembly (Laos)

**National Assembly of Laos**
Basic data
Seat:	Vientiane , Laos
Legislative period :	5 years
MPs:	149
Current legislative period
Last choice:	Election on March 20, 2016
Chair:	Pany Yathotou
	Website
	www.na.gov.la

The National Assembly ( Lao : ສະ ພາ ແຫ່ງ ຊາດ , Sapha Heng Xat , French Assemblée Nationale ) is the parliament in the unicameral system of Laos . In the Marxist-Leninist one-party system , the National Assembly, which meets twice a year, is politically less important than the ten-member Standing Committee of the National Assembly and the eleven-member Politburo of the ruling party LRVP.

composition

After the parliamentary elections on March 20, 2016:

Lao People's Revolutionary Party (144)

Independent (5)

Elections take place every five years, with one MP representing 50,000 people.

The only legal political party in the country is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party .

In the elections on April 30, 2006, 115 members were elected for the 6th legislative period . Thongsing Thammavong became President of Parliament . The 7th legislative period from 2011 to 2016 had 132 parliamentarians.

After the election on March 20, 2016, there were 149 MPs in the National Assembly of Laos, 144 of them from the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party and 5 non-party .

Parliament building

The parliament is located in the capital Vientiane .

Building of the National Assembly of Laos in Vientiane

Web links

www.na.gov.la Official website of the National Assembly of Laos (English)
Brief history of the National Assembly ( Memento of March 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) na.gov.la

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Sapha Heng Xat), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved July 9, 2016.

↑ Article 57, Constitution of Lao PDR: Chapter V The National Assembly . In: http://www.na.gov.la . Retrieved July 11, 2016.

^ ^A ^b Jan Seifert: Information Fact Sheets on Political and Parliamentary Systems of AIPA Member Parliaments . September 2015. Archived from the original on July 10, 2016. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 10, 2016. @1@ 2

↑ Article 41, CONSTITUTION OF THE LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC Adopted by The 6th Session of the People's Supreme Assembly (2nd Legislature) Vientiane, August 13-15, 1991 . Retrieved July 10, 2016.

↑ Laos . In: places-of-power.org - A Wiki on National Parliament Buildings Worldwide . Retrieved July 9, 2016.

17.978944444444 102.63425Coordinates: 17 ° 58 '44.2 " N , 102 ° 38' 3.3" E

[ipu-1] LAO PEOPLE'S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (Sapha Heng Xat), full text . In: IPU PARLINE database . Retrieved July 9, 2016.

[2] Article 57, Constitution of Lao PDR: Chapter V The National Assembly . In: http://www.na.gov.la . Retrieved July 11, 2016.