The LPRP has a monopoly on state power in the country.
<center>Khamtai Siphandone {{small|served 1991–1998}} born 1924 (age {{age|1924|2|8}})</center>
Pha That Luang in Vientiane is the national symbol of Laos.
<center>Bounnhang Vorachith {{small|served 2001–2006}} born 1937 (age {{age|1937|8|15}})</center>
Fa Ngum, founder of the Lan Xang Kingdom
<center>Thongsing Thammavong {{small|served 2010–2016}} born 1944 (age {{age|1944|4|12}})</center>
Local Lao soldiers in the French Colonial guard, c. 1900
<center>Thongloun Sisoulith {{small|served 2016–2021}} born 1945 (age {{age|1945|11|10}})</center>
French General Salan and Prince Sisavang Vatthana in Luang Prabang, 4 May 1953
<center>Bouasone Bouphavanh {{small|served 2006–2010}} born 1954 (age {{age|1954|6|3}})</center>
Ruins of Muang Khoun, former capital of Xiangkhouang province, destroyed by the American bombing of Laos in the late 1960s
Pathet Lao soldiers in Vientiane, 1972
Mekong River flowing through Luang Prabang
Paddy fields in Laos
Laos map of Köppen climate classification.
Flag of the ruling Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and ASEAN heads of state in New Delhi on 25 January 2018
Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2016
Hmong girls in Laos, 1973
A proportional representation of Laos exports, 2019
GDP per capita development in Laos
Near the sanctuary on the main upper level of Vat Phou, looking back towards the Mekong River
Rivers are an important means of transport in Laos.
Pha That Luang in Vientiane. The Buddhist stupa that is a national symbol of Laos.
Mahosot Hospital in Vientiane.
National University of Laos in Vientiane.
An example of Lao cuisine
Lao women wearing sinhs
Lao dancers during the New Year celebration
New Laos National Stadium in Vientiane.
Wat Nong Sikhounmuang - buddhist pagoda in Luang Prabang.

The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

- Lao People's Revolutionary Party

The Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly the chairman of the Council of Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is the head of government of Laos.

- Prime Minister of Laos

The prime minister is accountable to the president, the National Assembly and the country's only legal party: the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).

- Prime Minister of Laos

A post-independence civil war began, which saw the communist resistance, supported by the Soviet Union, fight against the monarchy that later came under influence of military regimes supported by the United States.

- Laos

The current party leader is Thongloun Sisoulith, who holds the titles of General Secretary of the Central Committee, Chairman of the Defence and Public Security Commission, and Prime Minister of Laos, who is the head of government.

- Lao People's Revolutionary Party

The incumbent head of government is Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.

- Laos

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Kaysone Phomvihane in 1978

Kaysone Phomvihane

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Kaysone Phomvihane in 1978
Materials used by Kaysone Phomvihane in an oath-taking ceremony in 1948
Kaysone Phomvihane Museum
Kaysone Phomvihane on the new 2000 kip

Kaysone Phomvihane (ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992.

He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second President from 1991 to 1992.

Kingdom of Laos

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Landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula.

Landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula.

North Vietnamese troops march through Laos, 1967

The country was governed as a constitutional monarchy that ruled Laos beginning with its independence on 9 November 1953.

This treaty established a constitutional monarchy, with Sisavang Vong as King and Prince Souvanna Phouma as Prime Minister.

Kaysone Phomvihane acted as Prime Minister and Secretary-General of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

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General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party is the office of the highest-ranking member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) and also typically the supreme leader of Laos.

The General Secretary usually also becomes President of Laos eventually, though from 1975 to 1991 and from 1992 to 1998 he was usually Prime Minister.