Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

The Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the highest decision-making organ of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party when the Central Committee is not convened for a plenary session.

History

The Politburo of the Central Committee was established at the 2nd LPRP National Congress, held on 3–6 February 1972.^[1] Seven members were elected to the first Politburo, known as the 2nd Politburo.^[2] Of these seven members four concurrently served as members of the 2nd Secretariat.^[1]

Pany Yathotou became the first woman and first of Hmong ethnicity to be elected to the Politburo (she was elected in 2006 to the 8th Politburo).^[3] Women representation on the Politburo increased during the 11th term of the Central Committee, when both Yathotou and Sisay Leudetmounsone were elected to the 11th Politburo.^[4]

Terms

Term	Members	Period	Duration
	Male	Female		Reelected	Start	End
2nd	7	0	7	6 February 1972	30 April 1982	10 years, 83 days
3rd	7	0	7	30 April 1982	15 November 1986	4 years, 199 days
4th	13	0	8	15 November 1986	29 March 1991	4 years, 134 days
5th	11	0	5	29 March 1991	20 March 1996	4 years, 357 days
6th	9	0	8	20 March 1996	18 March 2001	4 years, 363 days
7th	11	0	9	14 March 2001	21 March 2006	5 years, 7 days
8th	10	1	8	21 March 2006	21 March 2011	5 years, 0 days
9th	10	1	5	21 March 2011	22 January 2016	4 years, 307 days
10th	10	1	9	22 January 2016	15 January 2021	4 years, 359 days
11th	11	2	—	15 January 2021	Incumbent	4 years, 194 days

See also

• Lao People's Revolutionary Party
• Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
• Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party