President choummaly sayasone biography

Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary (supreme leader) of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and.
Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos from 2006 to 2016.
Choummaly Sayasone, age 79, as general secretary.

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On August 31, 2015, Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President, held talks in Beijing with Choummaly Sayasone, General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and Lao President, who was in China for attendance of the commemorations marking the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and World Anti-Fascist War.

Xi Jinping, on behalf of the CPC and Chinese government, expressed appreciation to the LPRP and the Lao government for their vigorous support to the commemorations held by China. Xi Jinping stressed that China and Laos were both victims in World War II. Both peoples stood shoulder to shoulder to fight aggression and strive for national independence and forged a profound friendship. China is willing to, together with Laos and all other countries in the world, contribute even more to regional and world peace and development.

Xi Jinping spoke highly of the relations between the two Parties as well as the two nations, and app

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Choummaly Sayasone

Laotian politician

Lieutenant GeneralChoummaly Sayasone (Lao: ຈູມມະລີ ໄຊຍະສອນ; born 6 March 1936) is a Laotian politician who was General Secretary (supreme leader) of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and President of Laos (head of state) from 2006 to 2016.

History

Choummaly Sayasone was born in Attapeu. He joined the Party's Politburo in 1991 and was Minister of Defence from 1991 to 2001. Subsequently he was the third Vice President of Laos from 2001 to 2006.

He was elected as the LPRP's General Secretary on 21 March 2006, in the aftermath of the Party's 8th Congress, by the first plenum of the eighth Central Committee, succeeding Khamtai Siphandone as de facto leader of Laos. He subsequently succeeded Siphandon as the 6th President of Laos on 8 June 2006.

In March 2011, he was reelected to his position as the LPRP's General Secretary at the 9th LPRP Congress. In June 2011, he was re-elected as President of Laos at the seventh National Assembly.^[1] He did not seek re-election to the LPRP Central Committee at the 10th

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Visits By Foreign Leaders of Laos

Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaInformal meetings with President Eisenhower and senior U.S. officials.January 13–15, 1958Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaOfficial visit. Later visited Philadelphia and New York City. Departed U.S. July 31.July 26–30, 1962King Savang VathanaState visit. In U.S. February 21–27, visited Knoxville (Tennessee) and New York City.February 25–27, 1963Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaInformal meetings with President Johnson in New York City.October 12–13, 1966Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaInformal visit. Arrived in U.S. October 10; visited New York City.October 20–21, 1967Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaOfficial visit. In U.S. October 3–11; visited New York City.October 6–10, 1969Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaPrivate visit.October 21, 1970Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaPrivate visit to Washington while attending session of the U.N. General Assembly.September 30, 1971Prime Minister Souvanna PhoumaPrivate visit.October 27, 1972President Choummaly SayasoneAtten