Bounthong Chitmany
Bounthong Chitmany | |
|---|---|
| ບຸນທອງ ຈິດມະນີ | |
| Vice President of Laos | |
| Assumed office 22 March 2021 Serving with Pany Yathotou. | |
| President | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Preceded by | Phankham Viphavanh |
| Standing Member of the LPRP Secretariat | |
| 11th term | |
| Assumed office 15 January 2021 | |
| General Secretary | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Preceded by | Phankham Viphavanh |
| Chairman of the LPRP Central Committee Inspection Commission | |
| 10th term | |
| In office 22 January 2016 – 15 January 2021 | |
| General Secretary | Bounnhang Vorachit |
| Succeeded by | Khamphanh Phommathat |
| 9th term | |
| In office 21 March 2011 – 22 January 2016 | |
| General Secretary | Choummaly Sayasone |
| Preceded by | Asang Laoly |
| Head of the LPRP Central Committee Organisation Commission | |
| 8th term | |
| In office 2006–2010 | |
| General Secretary | Choummaly Sayasone |
| Succeeded by | Chansy Phosikham |
| 7th term | |
| In office 2002–2006 | |
| Chairman | Khamtai Siphandon |
| Preceded by | Thongsing Thammavong |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 3 July 1948 |
| Party | Lao People's Revolutionary |
Bounthong Chitmany (Lao: ບຸນທອງ ຈິດມະນີ; born 3 July 1948) is a Laotian politician who has been the Vice President of Laos alongside Pany Yathotou since 2021. He was Deputy Prime Minister from 2016 to 2021. A veteran of the Laotian Civil War and a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party since 1968, he is a member of the party's central committee and was chair of the 10th Inspection Commission of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Bounthong Chitmany was born in Bokeo province, French Protectorate of Laos, on 3 July 1949. He is a member of the Lamet people.[1]
Career
[edit | edit source]Chitmany started fighting in the Laotian Civil War on 9 September 1965, and joined the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) on 14 May 1968.[1] He was a member of the LPRP's central committee[2] for its 9th[3] and 10th sessions.[4]
The 8th Government of Laos Chitmany was elected Deputy Prime Minister on 20 April 2016.[5] On 22 March 2021, Chitmany was elected Vice President of Laos alongside Pany Yathotou, the first time that two people served as vice president in Laotian history.[6] In 2024, he was a member of a state delegation to Cuba and led discussions with Roberto Morales Ojeda.[7] He led a delegation to the funeral of Nguyễn Phú Trọng, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, on 26 July 2024.[8]
An investigation into the collapse of a dam at the Xe-Pian Xe-Namnoy hydropower installation was chaired by Chitmany in 2018.[9] He was chair of the 10th Inspection Commission of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.[10]
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b China Radio International.
- ^ Vice President Receives Vietnam’s Vice Foreign Minister 2025.
- ^ ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ຜູ້ແທນທົ່ວປະເທດຄັ້ງທີ IX ຂອງພັກ.
- ^ ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ຜູ້ແທນທົ່ວປະເທດຄັ້ງທີ X ຂອງພັກ.
- ^ ທ່ານ ດຣ ບຸນທອງ ຈິດມະນີ ໄດ້ຮັບການເລືອກຕັ້ງ ເປັນຮອງນາຍົກລັດຖະມົນຕີ 2016.
- ^ Vaenkeo 2021.
- ^ Vice President’s visit to Cuba strengthens Party ties 2024.
- ^ Lao top leader lays wreath at Vietnamese Party Chief’s funeral in Hanoi 2024.
- ^ Lao Government to Suspend All New Hydropower Dam Projects 2018.
- ^ Thong 2021.
Works cited
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- Living people
- 1948 births
- Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 7th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 9th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 10th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 11th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 9th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 10th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 11th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 8th Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- 21st-century Laotian politicians
- Members of the 9th Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 10th Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 11th Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Governors of Oudomxay
- Deputy prime ministers of Laos
- Government ministers of Laos
- Vice presidents of Laos