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Historical Values
Year Value
1990 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), Kaysone Phomvihan, party chairman; includes Lao Patriotic Front and Alliance Committee of Patriotic Neutralist Forces; other parties moribund
1990 non-Communist political groups moribund; most leaders have fled the country
1991 non-Communist political groups moribund; most leaders have fled the country
1992 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KAYSONE PHOMVIHAN, party chairman; includes Lao Patriotic Front and Alliance Committee of Patriotic Neutralist Forces; other parties moribund
1992 non-Communist political groups moribund; most leaders have fled the country
1993 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; includes Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC); other parties moribund
1993 non-Communist political groups moribund; most leaders fled the country in 1975
1994 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; includes Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC); other parties moribund
1994 non-Communist political groups moribund; most leaders fled the country in 1975
1995 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed
1995 non-Communist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
1996 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed
1996 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
1997 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed
1997 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
1998 Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president; other parties proscribed
1998 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
1999 Lao People's Revolutionary Party proscribed
1999 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2000 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president]; other parties proscribed
2000 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2001 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president]; other parties proscribed
2001 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2002 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president]; other parties proscribed
2002 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2003 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president]; other parties proscribed
2003 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2004 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphandon, party president]; other parties proscribed
2004 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2005 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [KHAMTAI Siphadon, party president]; other parties proscribed
2005 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2006 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALY Sayasone]; other parties proscribed
2006 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2007 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2007 noncommunist political groups proscribed; most opposition leaders fled the country in 1975
2008 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2008 NA
2009 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2009 NA
2010 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2010 NA
2011 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2011 NA
2012 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2012 NA
2013 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2013 NA
2014 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2014 NA
2015 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [CHOUMMALI Saignason]; other parties proscribed
2015 NA
2016 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [BOUNNYANG Vorachit] | note: other parties proscribed
2016 NA
2017 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [BOUNNYANG Vorachit] | note: other parties proscribed
2017 International Labor Organization
2018 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [BOUNNYANG Vorachit] | note: other parties proscribed
2019 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [BOUNNYANG Vorachit] | note: other parties proscribed
2020 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [BOUNNYANG Vorachit] | note: other parties proscribed
2021 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [THONGLOUN Sisoulit] note: other parties proscribed
2022 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [THONGLOUN Sisoulit] note: other parties proscribed
2023 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP [THONGLOUN Sisoulit] note: other parties proscribed
2024 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP note: other parties proscribed
2025 Lao People's Revolutionary Party or LPRP note: other parties proscribed