Minister of Defense (Laos) explained

Post:	Minister
Body:	Defense
Insignia:	Emblem of Lao People's Army.svg
Incumbent:	Chansamone Chanyalath
Incumbentsince:	20 April 2016
Department:	Ministry of Defense
Member Of:	Lao People's Revolutionary Party the Government
Reports To:	Prime Minister
Formation:	2 December 1975
First:	Khamtai Siphandone

The Minister of defense (Lao: ລັດຖະມົນຕີກະຊວງປ້ອງກັນປະເທດ|ladthamonti kasuangpongkanpathed) is the head of the Ministry of Defense and is responsible for the Lao People's Armed Forces.

List of officeholders

Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–present)

	Portrait	Name (Born-Died)	Term of office			Government
			Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Khamtai Siphandone	2 December 1975	15 August 1991		Government I–II	^[1]
2		Choummaly Sayasone	15 August 1991	27 March 2001		Government II–III–IV	^[2] ^[3]
3		Douangchay Phichit	27 March 2001	17 May 2014 †		Government IV–V–VI–VII	^[4] ^[5] ^[6]
4		Sengnuan Xayalath	17 May 2014	20 April 2016		Government VII
5		Chansamone Chanyalath	20 April 2016	Incumbent		Government VIII–IX

Notes and References

1. Web site: President Khamtay Siphandone . un.int . 13 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081025035230/http://www.un.int/lao/president_khamtay_siphandone.htm . 25 October 2008.
2. Book: 1998 . Political Handbook of Asia 1997 . CQ Press . 978-0-933199-12-5 . 472.
3. Book: 1999 . The Statesman's Yearbook . Macmillan Publishers . 978-0-312-21588-0 . 875.
4. Book: 2005 . The Europa World Year: Kazakhstan - Zimbabwe, Volum 2 . CQ Press . 1-85743-253-3 . 2751–3.
5. Book: 2008 . Political Handbook of Asia 2007 . . 978-0-87289-497-6 . 415 .
6. Book: 2010 . Political Handbook of Asia 2009 . . 978-0-87289-559-1 . 755–6.