List of political parties in Laos
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This article lists political parties in Laos.
Laos
is a single-party state
. This means that only one political party
, the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
, is legally allowed to hold effective power. The Lao Front for National Construction
serves as a mass organization affiliated with the LPRP and is tasked with involving non-party citizens in government and cultural affairs.
Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
is a single-party state
Single-party state
A single-party state, one-party system or single-party system is a type of party system government in which a single political party forms the government and no other parties are permitted to run candidates for election...
. This means that only one political party
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
, the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
The Lao People's Revolutionary Party is a communist political party that has governed Laos since 1975. The policy-making organs are the politburo and the central committee. A party congress, which elects members to the politburo and central committee, is held every five years...
, is legally allowed to hold effective power. The Lao Front for National Construction
Lao Front for National Construction
The Lao Front for National Construction is a Laotian popular front founded in 1979 and led by the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Its task is to organize Laotian mass organizations and other socio-political organizations. In 1988 its tasks were expanded to include certain ethnic minority affairs...
serves as a mass organization affiliated with the LPRP and is tasked with involving non-party citizens in government and cultural affairs.
Former political parties
- Committee for the Defence of National InterestsCommittee for the Defence of National InterestsCommittee for the Defence of National Interests was a right-wing political party in Laos. The party was founded on June 10, 1958 by a group of 'Young Turks' from elite families. The party proposed the formation of an anti-communist national front. It ceased to exist during the early 1960s....
(founded 1958) - Democratic Party (founded 1951)
- Independent Party (founded 1950)
- Lao People's Party (founded 1955)
- Lao Socialist Party (exile group)
- Neutralist Party (founded 1949)
- Peace Through Neutrality Party (founded 1955)
- National Progressive PartyNational Progressive Party (Laos)National Progressive Party was a political party in Laos in the 1950s. The party was founded in 1950.In the August 1951 elections for the National Assembly of Laos, the party won 15 of 39 seats, which was considered a landslide victory...
(founded 1950) - Rally of the Lao People (founded 1958)
See also
- Politics of LaosPolitics of LaosThe politics of Laos takes place in the framework of a single-party socialist republic. The only legal political party is the Lao People's Revolutionary Party . The head of state is President Choummaly Sayasone, who also is secretary-general of the LPRP. The head of government is Prime Minister...
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