LA
Laos
Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
Lao People's Democratic Republic
Emergency number
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Official addresses
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- Form of government
- communist party-led state
- Capital
- Vientiane (Viangchan)
- Head of state
- President THONGLOUN Sisoulith (since 22 March 2021)
- Head of government
- Prime Minister SONEXAY (also spelled SONXAI) Siphandon (since 30 December 2022)
- Cabinet
- Council of Ministers appointed by the president and approved by the National Assembly
- Highest court
- People's Supreme Court (consists of the court president and organized into criminal, civil, administrative, commercial, family, and juvenile chambers, each with a vice president and several judges)
- Independence
- 19 July 1949 (from France); 22 October 1953 (Franco-Lao Treaty recognizes full independence)
- National day
- Republic Day (National Day), 2 December (1975)
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