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Government
Long-form name: Lao People's Democratic Republic.
Type: Communist state.
Capital: Vientiane.
Administrative divisions: 16 provinces (khoueng, singular
and plural) and 1 municipality* (kampheng nakhon, singular
and plural); Attapu, Bokeo, Bolikhamsai, Champasak, Houaphan,
Khammouan, Louang Namtha, Louangphrabang, Oudomxai, Phongsali,
Saravan, Savannakhet, Sekong, Vientiane, Vientiane*, Xaignabouri,
Xiangkhoang.
Independence: 19 July 1949 (from France).
Constitution: draft constitution under discussion since 1976.
Legal system: based on civil law system; has not accepted
compulsory ICJ jurisdiction.
National holiday: National Day (proclamation of the Lao
People's Democratic Republic), 2 December (1975).
Executive branch: president, chairman and five vice chairmen
of the Council of Ministers, Council of Ministers (cabinet).
Legislative branch: Supreme People's Assembly.
Judicial branch: Central Supreme Court.
Leaders:
Chief of State--Acting President PHOUMI VONGVICHIT
(since 29 October 1986);
Head of Government--Chairman of the Council of Ministers
General KAYSONE PHOMVIHAN (since 2 December 1975).
Political parties and leaders: Lao People's Revolutionary
Party (LPRP), Kaysone Phomvihan, party chairman; includes
Lao Patriotic Front and Alliance Committee of Patriotic
Neutralist Forces; other parties moribund.
Suffrage: universal at age 18.
Elections: Supreme People's Assembly--last held on 26 March
1989 (next to be held NA); results--percent of vote by party
NA; seats--(79 total) number of seats by party NA.
Other political or pressure groups: non-Communist political
groups moribund; most leaders have fled the country.
Member of: ADB, Colombo Plan, ESCAP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO,
IDA, IFAD, ILO, IMF, INTERPOL, IPU, IRC, ITU, Mekong Committee,
NAM, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WMO, WTO.
Diplomatic representation: First Secretary, Charge d'Affaires
ad interim DONE SOMVORACHIT; Chancery at 2222 S Street NW,
Washington DC 20008; telephone (202) 332-6416 or 6417; US--Charge
d'Affaires Charles B. SALMON; Embassy at Rue Bartholonie,
Vientiane (mailing address is B.P. 114, Vientiane, or Box V,
APO San Francisco 96346); telephone 2220, 2357, 2384.
Flag: three horizontal bands of red (top), blue (double
width), and red with a large white disk centered in the
blue band.