President of the National Assembly of Laos explained

The President of the National Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic is the speaker of the National Assembly of Laos. Before 1991, the President of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Lao People's Democratic Republic served as head of state and chairman of the presidium of the National Assembly's predecessor, the Supreme People's Assembly. The office was later merged with that of parliamentary president while the head of state became the President of Laos.

List of presidents

Presidents of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Political party	Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Souphanouvong Lao: ສຸພານຸວົງ	2 December 1975	25 November 1986			Lao People's Revolutionary Party	[1] [2]
–		Sisomphone Lovansay Lao: ສີສົມພອນ ລໍວັນໄຊ	25 November 1986	1988	years		Lao People's Revolutionary Party	[3]
2		Nouhak Phoumsavanh Lao: ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ	1 June 1989	25 November 1992			Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Presidents of the National Assembly

	Portrait	Name	Term of office			Party	Notes
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Samane Vignaket Lao: ສະໝານ ວິຍະເກດ	25 February 1993	2005	years		Lao People's Revolutionary Party
2		Thongsing Thammavong Lao: ທອງສິງ ທຳມະວົງ	8 June 2006	23 December 2010			Lao People's Revolutionary Party
3		Pany Yathotou Lao: ປານີ ຢາທໍ່ຕູ້	23 December 2010	22 March 2021			Lao People's Revolutionary Party
4		Saysomphone Phomvihane Lao: ໄຊ​ສົມ​ພອນ ພົມວິຫານ	22 March 2021	Incumbent			Lao People's Revolutionary Party

See also

• Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20170512072411/http://www.na.gov.la/appf17/na_history.html Asia Pacific Parliamentary Forum. Brief History of the National Assembly of Laos
2. http://www.na.gov.la/index.php?r=site/detailcontent&id=85&left=196 Speakers
3. Book: Publications . Europa . A Political Chronology of South East Asia and Oceania . Routledge . en . 2 September 2003. 9781135356590 .