Vice President of Laos is the political position in Laos created in 1996. The Vice President is elected by the National Assembly of Laos.
The history of the office holders follows.
| No | Name | Took Office | Left Office | President | Party |
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| 1 | Sisavath Keobounphanh | 1996 | 1998 | Nouhak Phoumsavanh | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
| 2 | Oudom Khattigna | 1998 | 1999 | Khamtai Siphandon | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
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| 5 | Choummaly Sayasone | 2001 | 2006 | Khamtai Siphandon | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
| 4 | Bounnhang Vorachith | 2006 | Incumbent | Choummaly Sayasone | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Famous quotes containing the words vice president, vice and/or president:
“The President has only 190 million bosses. The Vice President has 190 million and one.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)
“If the vice president thinks it’s disgraceful for an unmarried woman to bear a child, and if he believes that a woman cannot adequately raise a child without a father, then he’d better make sure that abortion remains safe and legal.”
—Diane British (b. 1948)
“We must choose. Be a child of the past with all its crudities and imperfections, its failures and defeats, or a child of the future, the future of symmetry and ultimate success.”
—Frances E. Willard 1839–1898, U.S. president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union 1879-1891, author, activist. The Woman’s Magazine, pp. 137-40 (January 1887)