General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
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He climbed from schoolteacher in a civil war to the top of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party — a Soviet-trained diplomat who threaded the needle between Washington, Beijing, and Hanoi, then took the presidency in 2021.
Born 10 November 1945 in Houaphanh province, Thongloun Sisoulith studied in Leningrad and Moscow before returning to teach for the Pathet Lao during the Laotian Civil War. He entered government in 1987 as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, a post he held until 1992, then cycled through other roles before becoming deputy prime minister in 2001. Named Foreign Affairs minister in 2006, he drew the label "moderate" from the U.S. embassy in Vientiane and worked to warm Laos–United States relations — efforts welcomed by Senator Jim Webb in 2009 and Hillary Clinton in 2010 — while also strengthening…
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Thanks to the Belt and Road Initiative, the China-Laos Railway has been completed and put into operation, and the Lao people have finally realized their railway dream
Police must protect people and must be fair to people.
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