Lt. Gen. Choummaly Sayasone (born c. 1936) is the Vice President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

He has served as general secretary, or leader, of the communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the only legal political party in Laos, since March 21, 2006. He was elected general secretary on that date by the party's 8th Congress. He previously served as defense minister. The Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (Laotian: Phak Pasason Pativat Lao) is the Communist Party of Laos. ... March 21 is the 80th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (81st in leap years). ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

He is widely expected to replace president Khamtai Siphandon soon after the April 30, 2006 National Assembly elections. General Khamtai Siphandon (born February 8, 1924) has been president of Laos since February 1998, and has led the communist Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party, the only legal party in the country, since 1992. ... April 30 is the 120th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (121st in leap years), with 245 days remaining, as the last day in April. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Laos gets new communist chief, Bangkok Post article 21 March 2006