Thongsavanh Phomvihane
Phomvihane in 2023
Head of the LPRP Central Committee External Relations Committee
11th term
Assumed office
29 March 2021
General SecretaryThongloun Sisoulith
Preceded bySounthone Xayachack
Personal details
Born (1964-08-09) 9 August 1964
NationalityLaotian
Political partyLao People's Revolutionary Party
SpouseVadsana Phomvihane
RelativesKaysone (father)
Thongvin (mother)
Saysomphone (brother)
Santiphab (brother)
Sanyahak (brother)
Alma materMoscow State Institute of International Relations
OccupationPolitician

Thongsavanh Phomvihane (Lao: ທອງ​ສະຫວັນ ພົມວິຫານ; born 9 August 1964) is a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). He currently serves as Head of the LPRP Central Committee External Relations Committee,[1] and is a member of the 11th Central Committee.[2]

Career

He has worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 1991. He was appointed Deputy Director General of the International Organizations Department in 1993, and served as Acting Director General of the International Organizations Department in 1993–95.[3] He began working on China–Laos relations in the late 19990s as Political Counsellor and Deputy Head of Mission of the Embassy to China. His first political office came in 2003 when he was appointed Ambassador to Russia, and was officially accredited ambassador to Belarus, Ukraine and Kazakhstan as well.[3] In 2009 he started working in the party's External Relations Committee, and was appointed Deputy Head of the External Relations Committee in 2012 and served until 2015 when he was transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] Later in June 2015 he was appointed Ambassador to Vietnam and served until 2019 when he was yet again appointed Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.[3] Two years later, in 2021, he was appointed Head of the party's External Relations Committee.[1]

Family

Phomvihane is the son of former party General Secretary of the Central Committee Kaysone Phomvihane and Central Committee member Thongvin Phomvihane.[4] He has three brothers; Saysomphone, Santiphab and Sanyahak (died on 17 July 2013).[4][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "PM calls for MICT to work harder as more cabinet members take office". Vientiane Times. 8 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  2. ↑ Somphabmixay, Vilaysak (15 January 2021). "ຜົນການລາຍງານການເລືອກຕັ້ງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ແລະ ຜົນກອງປະຊຸມຄັ້ງປະຖົມມະລືກຂອງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ສະໄໝທີ XI" [The results of the election report delivered to the inaugural session of the 11th Party Central Committee]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Curriculum Vitae of Mr. Thongsavanh PHOMVIHANE, Deputy-Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Lao PDR". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 27 September 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
  4. 1 2 Stuart-Fox 2008, p. 151.
  5. ↑ "ພົນຕີ ສັນຍາຮັກ ພົມວິຫານ ລມຕ ຊ່ວຍປ້ອງກັນ ປະເທດລາວ ເສຍຊີວິດແລ້ວ" [Major General Sanyahak Phomvihanh who helped defend Laos has died]. Voice of America. 23 July 2013. Archived from the original on 22 January 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.

Bibliography

Books:

  • Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-81086-411-5.
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