Summary
Khemmani Pholsena (Lao: ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ; born ?) is a Lao politician, Minister and Head of the President's Office and a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).[1][2]
Khemmani Pholsena | |
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ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ | |
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| Minister and Head of the President's Office | |
| 9th term | |
| Assumed office 26 March 2021 | |
| President | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Prime Minister | Phankham Viphavanh |
| Preceded by | Khammeung Phongthady |
| Minister of Industry and Commerce | |
| 8th term | |
| In office 20 April 2016 – 22 March 2021 | |
| Prime Minister | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Succeeded by | Khampheng Xaysompheng |
| 7th term | |
| In office June 2014 – 20 April 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Thongsing Thammavong |
| Preceded by | Nam Vignaket |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1957/1958 |
| Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
| Alma mater | Beijing Bayi School Moscow State Institute of International Relations National University of Singapore |
She is the fifth daughter of former Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Quinim Pholsena. Together with her siblings, she studied at Beijing Bayi School between 1963 and 1969,[3] where she was a schoolmate of Xi Jinping.[4][5][6] Between 1969 and 1975 she received her high school education in Vietnam.[3] Between 1977 and 1982 Pholsena obtained her Bachelor and master's degrees in International Economic Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 2003 she obtained a master's degree in Public Management from the National University of Singapore under the Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship.[7]
She has served as Minister of Industry and Commerce,[8] Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce and Director General of Foreign Trade Department at the same ministry.[7] In March 2021 she was appointed as a top aide of Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.[4]
She was elected to the 10th term of the party Central Committee at the 10th LPRP National Congress in 2016,[9] and to the 11th term at the 11th National Congress in 2021.[2]
References edit
- ^ "ມອບ-ຮັບ ໜ້າທີ່ຫົວໜ້າຫ້ອງວ່າການປະທານປະເທດຜູ້ເກົ່າ - ໃໝ່" [Personnel Changes at the President's Office]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ a b Somphabmixay, Vilaysak (15 January 2021). "ຜົນການລາຍງານການເລືອກຕັ້ງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ແລະ ຜົນກອງປະຊຸມຄັ້ງປະຖົມມະລືກຂອງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ສະໄໝທີ XI" [The results of the election report delivered to the inaugural session of the 11th Party Central Committee]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
- ^ a b "US-ASEAN Business Council | H.E. Khemmani Pholsena". US-ASEAN Business Council. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Laos taps Xi classmate as presidential aide, deepening China tilt". Nikkei Asia. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Feature: A Lao family's experiences of tremendous changes in China - Xinhua | English.news.cn". Xinhua. Archived from the original on 4 October 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Xi Jinping Meets with Friends of Lao Pholsena Family". Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Archived from the original on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Khemmani Pholsena" (PDF). Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "ມອບ-ຮັບໜ້າທີ່ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກຳ ແລະ ການຄ້າ" [Personnel Changes at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce]. Pasaxon. Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Archived from the original on 14 April 2021. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ຄັ້ງທີ X ຂອງພັກ ເລືອກຕັ້ງເອົາຄະນະບໍລິຫານສູນກາງພັກຊຸດໃໝ່" [The 10th National Congress elects new Central Committee]. China Radio International. 21 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
