Bouasone Bouphavanh ( Lao: ບົວສອນ ບູບຜາວັນ; born 3 June 1954) is a Laotian politician who was

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from 2006 to 2010. He was officially appointed to the office by the

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on 8 June 2006, during a major government reshuffle. He replaced

Bounnhang Vorachith Bounnhang Vorachit (; born 15 August 1937) is a Laotian politician. He was previously General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos from 2016 to 2021. Early life Bounnhang Vorachit joined the Pathet Lao resistan ...

who became vice president. Bouasone had previously served as first deputy prime minister since October 3, 2003. Before that, he was third deputy prime minister and was president of the State Planning Committee. He ranks seventh in the

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. He was replaced as prime minister on 23 December 2010 by

Thongsing Thammavong Thongsing Thammavong ( Lao: ທອງສິງ ທຳມະວົງ; born 12 April 1944) is a Laotian politician who was the Prime Minister of Laos from 2010 to 2016. He is a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and has been a ...

. Now, Bouasone Bouphavanh currently serves as head of the Lao Party Central Committee's Commission for Economic Development Strategy Research.

Career

He was educated at a primary school and secondary school in Salavan Province and

Champasak Province Champasak (or Champassak, Champasack – Laotian language, Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ ) is a province in southwestern Laos, near the borders with Thailand and Cambodia. It is 1 of the 3 principalities that succeeded the Laos, Lao kingdom of Lan ...

from 1962 to 1974 and later at the Communist Party Institute in

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in the

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from 1985 to 1990. In 1975, shortly before the fall of

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to the

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, he was a student activist who played a key role in protests against the previous regime. He is considered a protégé of former party leader

Khamtai Siphandon Khamtai Siphandone (; 8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025) was a Laotian politician who served as the chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the fourth president of LaosDoeden, Matt (2007) ''Laos in Pictures'', Le ...

. He was accepted into the party on 9 April 1980. He was elected to the LPRP Central Committee at the 6th National Congress and retained a seat on the body until the 9th National Congress. At the 7th National Congress he was elected to the LPRP Politburo, and he was reelected at the 8th National Congress.

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