Khemmani Pholsena Explained

Khemmani Pholsena
Party:Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Birth Date:1957/1958
Alma Mater:Beijing Bayi School
Moscow State Institute of International Relations
National University of Singapore
Office:Minister and Head of the President's Office
Convocation:9th term
Term Start:26 March 2021
President:Thongloun Sisoulith
Primeminister:Phankham Viphavanh
Predecessor:Khammeung Phongthady
Office1:Minister of Industry and Commerce
Convocation1:8th term
Term Start1:20 April 2016
Term End1:22 March 2021
Primeminister1:Thongloun Sisoulith
Successor1:Khampheng Xaysompheng
Convocation2:7th term
Term Start2:June 2014
Term End2:20 April 2016
Primeminister2:Thongsing Thammavong
Predecessor2:Nam Vignaket
Native Name:ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ
Native Name Lang:lo

Khemmani Pholsena (; 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]

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. 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. In March 2021 she was appointed as a top aide of Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ມອບ-ຮັບ ໜ້າທີ່ຫົວໜ້າຫ້ອງວ່າການປະທານປະເທດຜູ້ເກົ່າ - ໃໝ່ . Personnel Changes at the President's Office . . . 14 April 2021 .
  2. Web site: http://www.pasaxon.org.la/pasaxon-detail.php?p_id=3065&act=politic-detail . ຜົນການລາຍງານການເລືອກຕັ້ງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ແລະ ຜົນກອງປະຊຸມຄັ້ງປະຖົມມະລືກຂອງຄະນະບໍລິຫານງານສູນກາງພັກ ສະໄໝທີ XI . The results of the election report delivered to the inaugural session of the 11th Party Central Committee . 15 January 2021 . Somphabmixay, Vilaysak . 1 April 2021 . . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210401093742/http://www.pasaxon.org.la/pasaxon-detail.php?p_id=3065&act=politic-detail . 1 April 2021 .
  3. Web site: US-ASEAN Business Council H.E. Khemmani Pholsena . 13 April 2021 . . en . 13 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210413142623/https://www.usasean.org/asiasbestkeptsecret/speakers/pholsena .
  4. Web site: Laos taps Xi classmate as presidential aide, deepening China tilt . 13 April 2021 . . en-GB . 12 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210412213938/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/Laos-taps-Xi-classmate-as-presidential-aide-deepening-China-tilt .
  5. Web site: Feature: A Lao family's experiences of tremendous changes in China - Xinhua English.news.cn . 13 April 2021 . . 4 October 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191004163330/http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-09/03/c_138361116.htm .
  6. Web site: Xi Jinping Meets with Friends of Lao Pholsena Family . 13 April 2021 . . 12 December 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171212134957/http://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/topics_665678/xjpcxdeswjapcebdynlwjxgsfw/t1511181.shtml .
  7. Web site: Khemmani Pholsena . live . . 13 April 2021 . 2 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190402064947/https://www.oecd.org/dac/aft/Khemmani%20Pholsena.pdf .
  8. Web site: ມອບ-ຮັບໜ້າທີ່ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງອຸດສະຫະກຳ ແລະ ການຄ້າ . Personnel Changes at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce . live . . . 14 April 2021 . 14 April 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210414095144/http://www.pasaxon.org.la/pasaxon-detail.php?p_id=3770&act=politic-detail .
  9. Web site: http://laos.cri.cn/681/2016/01/21/105s199777.htm . ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫຍ່ຄັ້ງທີ X ຂອງພັກ ເລືອກຕັ້ງເອົາຄະນະບໍລິຫານສູນກາງພັກຊຸດໃໝ່ . The 10th National Congress elects new Central Committee . 21 January 2016 . 2 April 2021 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20210402090738/http://laos.cri.cn/681/2016/01/21/105s199777.htm . 2 April 2021 .