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The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (Laotian: Phak Pasason Pativat Lao) is the Communist Party of Laos. Since 1975, it has monopolized political power in the country. The policy-making organs are the politburo and the central committee. A Party Congress, which elects members to the politburo and central committee, is held every five years. The Congress used to also elect a secretariat but this body was abolished in 1991. Third Executive Committee of the LPRP File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the west as Burma) and the Peoples Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. ... In modern usage, a Communist party is a political party which promotes Communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... 1975 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1975 calendar). ... Politburo is short for Political Bureau. ... The 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China meets in 2002 The Central Committee is a leading body of an organization, most often a political party, especially Communist parties. ... A Party Congress is a general conference of a political party. ... Secretariat may refer to: A racehorse who won the Triple Crown in 1973, see Secretariat (horse) In a Communist Party, a Secretariat is a key body that controls the central administration of the party, and if it is a ruling party, the country. ... History The party has its origins in the Indochinese Communist Party founded by Ho Chi Minh in 1930 (see Communist Party of Vietnam). The ICP was entirely Vietnamese at its inception but grew throughout French Indochina and was able to found a small "Lao section" in 1936. In the mid-1940s, a campaign to recruit Laotian members was instigated and in 1946 or 1947, Kaysone Phomvihan, a law student at the University of Hanoi, was recruited, along with Nouhak Phoumsavan. Hồ Chí Minh Hồ Chí Minh (Chữ nôm: 胡志明)   listen? (May 19, 1890 – September 2, 1969) was a Vietnamese revolutionary and statesman, who later became Prime Minister (1954) and President (1954 - 1969) of North Vietnam. ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Stamp featuring Ho Chi Minh commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party The Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cá»™ng Sản Việt Nam) is the only legal party in Vietnam. ... French Indochina was a federation of French colonies and protectorates in Southeast Asia, part of the French colonial empire. ... 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... // Events and trends The 1940s were dominated by World War II, the most destructive armed conflict in history. ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13,1920-November 21,1992) was the leader of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role. ... Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (born April 9, 1914) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who succeeded Kaysone Phomvihane as president of Laos on the latters death in November 1992. ... In February 1951, the Second Congress of the ICP resolved to disband the party and to form three separate parties representing the three states of Indochina. A movement known as the Pathet Lao (Land of Laos) was founded by Prince Souphanouvong as a communist resistance movement to fight alongside the Viet Minh against French colonialism during the first Indochina War, but it was not until March 22, 1955, at its First Party Congress, that the clandestine Lao's People's Party or Phak Pasason Lao was officially proclaimed. The First Party Congress was attended by 25 delegates representing a party membership of 300 to 400. The LPP and its successor the LPRP kept their existence secret until 1975 preferring to direct its activities through fronts such as the Pathet Lao. 1951 was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ... Pathet Lao was the name of the Laotian Communist movement from the 1950s to the 1970s and the Laotian equivalent of the Khmer Rouge, Viet Minh and Viet Cong. ... Prince Souphanouvong (July 13, 1909 - January 9, 1995) was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champassack, one of the Three Princes who represented respectively the communist, neutralist, and royalist political factions in Laos. ... The Viet Minh (abbreviated from Việt Nam ộc Lập ồng Minh Hội, League for the Independence of Vietnam) was formed by Ho Ngoc Lam and Nguyen Hai Than in 1941 to seek independence for Vietnam from France. ... In various forms, France had colonial possessions since the beginning of the 17th century until the 1960s. ... The Indochina War was an almost thirty year war in Vietnam between 1946 and 1975, affecting the three Indochinese nations, namely Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). ... 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In 1956 a legal political wing of the Pathet Lao, the Lao Patriotic Front (Neo Lao Hak Xat), was founded and participated in several coalition governments. In the 1960s the Pathet Lao fought a civil war against the U.S.-backed Laotion government and was able to win control in the northern and eastern sectors of the country. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A coalition government, or coalition cabinet, is a cabinet in parliamentary government in which several parties cooperate. ... 1960 was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ... In February 1972, at the Second Party Congress, the name of the Lao's People's Party was changed to the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... In the spring of 1975 Pathet Lao forces consolidated their power throughout the country. The American backed government fell in May 1975 and the LPRP took power. The Third Party Congress did not meet until April 1982. Since then Party Congresses have been more regular with the Fourth Party Congress being held in November 1986, and the Fifth Party Congress in March 1991 with further congresses every four or five years since then. Party Structure From a membership of a few hundred at its founding the party grew to 11,000 members by 1965 and 21,000 members by 1972. When the party seized power in 1975 it claimed a membership of 25,000; and by 1991, at the convening of the Fifth Party Congress, the LPRP claimed its membership had increased to 60,000 or just over 1% of the population. The Central Committee of the party was composed of 21 members and 6 alternates in 1975. This expanded to 51 members and 9 alternates by 1986 and 59 members in 1991. The Politburo is the centre of political power in the party with its membership drawn from and chosen by the Central Committee. The Politburo consisted of seven members in 1972 growing to eleven members by 1993. Kaysone Phomvihan was the party's general secretary from its founding in 1955 and remained the party's key figure until his death in 1992. His title changed to Party Chairman in 1991. Nouhak Phoumsavan was the second most powerful figure in the party throughout from the party's founding until Kaysone's death when he became the party's titular leader. Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13,1920-November 21,1992) was the leader of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role. ... The term General Secretary (alternatively First Secretary) denotes a leader of various unions, parties or associations. ... Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (born April 9, 1914) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who succeeded Kaysone Phomvihane as president of Laos on the latters death in November 1992. ... The party is currently led by party and national president Khamtai Siphandon, who succeeded Nouhak Phoumsavan in 1998 (although some accounts have him succeeding Kayonse in 1992). Other recent leading figures have included Sisavath Kheobounphanh and Boungnang Vorachith, who have each served as prime minister. 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. ... Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (born April 9, 1914) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who succeeded Kaysone Phomvihane as president of Laos on the latters death in November 1992. ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... Boungnang Vorachith (born August 15, 1937) is the Prime Minister of Laos. ... The party operates according to the principles of democratic centralism. Due to the covert nature of the party in its first two decades it remains semi-secret in its operations though it is becoming more open as a new generation takes control. In Liberalism, Democratic centralism is a political philosophy that forms the basis of building a democratic unitary state, as opposed to a democratic federal state. ... Ideology The LPRP is a Marxist-Leninist party patterned after the Vietnamese Communist Party and strongly influenced by the Soviet Union and the USSR's Communist Party. In the late 1980s the party attempted to follow the example of Gorbachev's perestroika reforms by introducing market measures and reducing controls over state run enterprises as well as abandoning attempts at agricultural collectivisation. These reforms have been expanded in the 1990s. However, the Laotian party was reticent to follow the Soviet example of glasnost and has avoided loosening the party's political monopoly in the country or allowing for a free press. Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism; it is a branch of Marxism (and it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... Stamp featuring Ho Chi Minh commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Communist Party The Communist Party of Vietnam (Đảng Cộng Sản Việt Nam) is the ruling party in Vietnam. ... The Communist Party of the Soviet Union (Russian: Коммунисти́ческая Па́ртия Сове́тского Сою́за = КПСС) was the name used by the successors of the Bolshevik faction of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party from 1952 to 1991, but the wording Communist Party was present in the partys name since 1918 when the Bolsheviks became the All... Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev (Russian: ; Pronunciation: mih-kha-ILL ser-GHE-ye-vich gor-bah-CHOFF) (born March 2, 1931), was leader of the Soviet Union from 1985 until 1991. ... Perestroika  listen? (Перестро́йка) is the Russian word (which passed into English) for the economic reforms introduced in June 1987 by the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. ... Glasnost (Russian: гла́сность,   listen?) was one of Mikhail Gorbachevs policies introduced to the Soviet Union in 1985. ... See also: List of Communist parties Marxism Leninism Vietnam War Categories: Political parties in Laos | Communist parties | Single-Party System Parties | Laos There are, at present, a number of communist parties active in various countries across the world, and a number who used to be active. ... Marxism is the political practice and social theory based on the works of Karl Marx, a 19th century German philosopher, economist, journalist, and revolutionary, along with Friedrich Engels. ... Vladimir Lenin in 1920 Leninism is a political and economic theory which builds upon Marxism (a form of Communism) and is a branch in its own right (it has been the dominant branch of Marxism in the world since the 1920s). ... The Vietnam War was fought from 1957 to 1975 between Soviet and Chinese-supported Vietnamese nationalist and Communist forces and an array of Western and pro-Western forces, most notably the United States. ...

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