H.E. DR. THONGLOUN  SISOULITH 
Deputy Prime Minister and President

of the Committee for Planning and Cooperation

Personal Data:

DOB:  November 10th, 1945 
Place of birth:  Houaphanh Province, Laos 
Civil Status: Married with Ms Naly SISOULITH, having 3 children (2 sons and 1 daughter)

Religion:    Buddhist

Education:

Dr. Philosophy in History (Ph.D) from the Former Soviet Union, Master of Language and Literature from the Soviet Union .

1962-1969:    Studied at Pedagogical College of Neo Lao Hak Sat in Houaphanh Province.

1973-1978:    Studied at the Pedagogical Institute in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad) from USSR.

1981-1984:    Studied in the Academy of Social-Science in Moscow.

Employment Record:

1967-1969:    Staff Officer in the Educational Division of the Neo Lao Hak Sat ( Lao

National Patriotic Front)

1969-1973:    Staff Officer of the Representative Office of the Neo Lao Hak Sat (NLPF) in

Hanoi, S.R of Vietnam.

1978-1979:    Instructor at Vientiane University.

1979-1981:    Secretary to the Minister of Education, Chief of External Relations Division,

Ministry of Education.

1985-1986:    Director of Public Research Department of the Minister Council Board

( Prime Minister Office )

1987-1992:    Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs.

1993-1997:    Minister of Labour and Social Welfare.

1998-2003:    Member of Parliament ( Member of the National Assembly )

27 March 2001:

-    Deputy Prime Minister and President of the Committee for Planning

and Cooperation.

-    President of the Committee for Investment and Cooperation ( CIC ).

-    President of the Lao National Committee for Energy ( LNCE )

Social Institutions:

Honorary President of the SOS of the Lao PDR

Foreign Languages:

Russian , Vietnamese, English

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