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Thongloun Sisoulith

Thongloun Sisoulith (Lao: ?????????????????? ?????????????????????; born 10 November 1945) is a Laotian politician and historian who is serving as the general secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the seventh president of Laos since 2021. Previous, he was the 17th prime minister from 2016 to 2021 under President Bounnhang Vorachit. Thongloun was born and educated in Houaphan province, before receiving education in Leningrad and Moscow in the Soviet Union. During the Laotian Civil War, he supported the Pathet Lao as a teacher. He then became the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1987 which lasted to 1992, where he then served in numerous other posts in government. In 2001, he became the deputy prime minister before becoming the minister of Foreign Affairs in 2006. Described as a 'moderate' by the U.S embassy in Vientiane, Thongloun helped improve Laos-United States relations, which was welcomed in 2009 by Senator Jim Webb and in 2010 by Hillary Clinton;...

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