# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/khamtai-siphandon
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:35:24.700Z

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name: "Khamtai Siphandon"
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description: "He led Laos through its first decade of market reforms while keeping the communist party's grip intact — chairman from 1992, president from 1998, both posts held until 2006 when Choummaly Sayasone took over."
tagline: "Former Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1924–2025)"
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birthDate: "1924-02-08"
deathDate: "2025-04-02"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Khamtai Siphandone joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1954, two decades before Laos became a one-party state. By 1956 he was on the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He rose to chairman in 1992, then added the presidency in 1998. For eight years he held both titles, steering a landlocked country through the tension between socialist orthodoxy and the need to open markets. In 2006 he stepped aside for Choummaly Sayasone. He died on 2 April 2025, aged 101.