Bounnhang Vorachith
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2016-2021)
Key facts
- Deputy
- Phankham Viphavan , ( Standing Member )
- Preceded by
- Choummaly Sayasone
- Succeeded by
- Thongloun Sisoulith
- Prime minister
- Thongloun Sisoulith
- Vice president
- Phankham Viphavanh
- President
- Choummaly Sayasone
- General secretary
- Choummaly Sayasone
- Born
- ( 1937-08-15 ) 15 August 1937 (age 88) , Savannakhet , French Protectorate of Laos
- Party
- Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955–present)
- Spouse
- Khammeung Vorachit
- Allegiance
- Laos
- Branch service
- LPAF
Article
Bounnhang Vorachit (Lao: ບຸນຍັງ ວໍລະຈິດ; 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.
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1937 births21st-century Laotian politiciansBLP articles lacking sources from October 2025Deputy prime ministers of LaosFinance ministers of LaosHeads of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary PartyLiving peopleMembers of the 10th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary PartyMembers of the 10th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary PartyMembers of the 10th Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party