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Yathotou and [[Bounthong Chitmany]] were elected as vice presidents of Laos in March 2021. At the same time, she stepped down as the chairman of the National Assembly and was replaced by the former central chairman of the [[Lao Front for National Development]] [[Saysomphone Phomvihane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laotiantimes.com/2021/03/22/laos-elects-new-president-and-prime-minister/|title=Laos Elects New President and Prime Minister|first=Phayboune|last=Thanabouasy|newspaper=Laotian Times|access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/2021-03/22/c_1127241270.htm|title=老挝国会选举通伦为国家主席|newspaper=Xinhua|date=2021-03-22|access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>
Yathotou and [[Bounthong Chitmany]] were elected as vice presidents of Laos in March 2021. At the same time, she stepped down as the chairman of the National Assembly and was replaced by the former central chairman of the [[Lao Front for National Development]] [[Saysomphone Phomvihane]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://laotiantimes.com/2021/03/22/laos-elects-new-president-and-prime-minister/|title=Laos Elects New President and Prime Minister|first=Phayboune|last=Thanabouasy|newspaper=Laotian Times|access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xinhuanet.com/2021-03/22/c_1127241270.htm|title=老挝国会选举通伦为国家主席|newspaper=Xinhua|date=2021-03-22|access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
*{{flag|Japan}}:
**[[File:JPN_Kyokujitsu-sho_1Class_BAR.svg|60px]] Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the Rising Sun]] (2022)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mofa.go.jp/files/100415157.pdf|title= 2022 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals|newspaper=Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan|date=2022|access-date=August 13, 2023}}</ref>


==References==
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Revision as of 06:01, 13 August 2023

Pany Yathotou
Yathotou in 2019
Vice President of Laos
Assumed office
22 March 2021
Serving with Bounthong Chitmany
PresidentThongloun Sisoulith
Preceded byPhankham Viphavanh
President of the National Assembly
In office
23 December 2010 – 22 March 2021
Preceded byThongsing Thammavong
Succeeded byXaysomphone Phomvihane
Personal details
Born (1951-02-18) 18 February 1951 (age 73)
Samchae Village, Phong District, Xieng Khouang Province, Kingdom of Laos
NationalityHmong
Political partyLao People's Revolutionary Party
RelativesYa Tho Thu (father)
Alma materGeneral Education Level M.6 Extracurricular Degree Level, Advanced Political Theory Level

Pany Yathotou (Lao: ປານີ ຢາທໍ່ຕູ້; born Xiangkhouang Province, 18 February 1951) is a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.

She was the chairwoman and governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R., the country's central bank, from 1988 until 1997. Yathotou later became a member of the National Assembly in 1998. She served as the President of the National Assembly of Laos from 2010 to 2021.[1] Yathotou is a member of Laos' Hmong ethnicity.[2] She is the first woman to be elected as Vice President of Laos.

Early life

Yathotou was born on 18 February 1951 in Xiangkhouang Province. Her father, Ya Tho Tou, was a Hmong military commander in the Pathet Lao.[3] In 1959, she moved to North Vietnam where she studied primary and secondary school, and in 1975, she graduated with a bachelor's degree in finance from Hanoi.[4][5]

Political career

After he return to Laos, she joined the Vientiane Foreign Trade Bank in 1976 as the deputy director of the bank's budget department. She later joined the Bank of the Lao P.D.R. and in 1977, she was appointed as the deputy director of the bank's training center and in 1978, appointed as the deputy director of the foreign exchange bureau. In 1979, she joined the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and in 1980, she became the director of the foreign exchange bureau.[6]

From 1982 to 1983, she served as the director of the economic planning bureau and from 1983 to 1985, director of the investment and construction bureau.[6]

In 1986, Yanthou took office as the deputy governor of the Central Bank of Laos and was elected as an alternate member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party at the Fourth National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party held in November of the same year. She was promoted to a member of the Party Central Committee at the Fifth National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party held in March 1999, and served as the governor of the central bank twice from 1988 to 1992 and from 1995 to 1997, after which she became a member of the government.[7]

Yanthou was re-elected as a member of the Party Central Committee at the Sixth National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party held in March 1996 and at the Seventh National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party held in March 2001. Her removal as the governor of the central bank is considered to be related to the disagreement between the authorities on the handling of the effects of 1997 Asian Financial Crisis on Laos. On the same year, she was elected as a representative of the Fourth National Congress, and was appointed as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Congress and director of the Nationalities Committee of the National Congress when she became a representative of the National Congress in February 1998. She was successfully re-elected in the congressional representative election in February 2002, and took office and was promoted to the vice chairman of Congress in April of the same year.[6][4]

In March 2006, the Eighth National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party was held and she was re-elected as a member of the Party Central Committee, becoming the first female member of the Political Bureau of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and the first Hmong member, ranking eleventh. Her election shows the party's efforts to improve the status of women and promote national integration. In April 2006, she took part in the election of the Sixth National Congress again, and was elected in the provincial constituency of Bolikhamxay. At the same time when she took office as the representative of the Sixth National Congress on June 8 of that year, she was re-elected as vice president of the congress.[8][9]

In December 2010, Laotian Prime Minister Bouasone Bouphavanh resigned and was replaced by the former chairman of the National Assembly Thongsing Thammavong, and as a result, Yanthou took over the post of President of the National Assembly of Laos. The Tenth Session of the Sixth National Congress of Laos passed the proposal of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly on December 23, confirming the appointment. She was also re-elected as a member of the Party Central Committee and a member of the Politburo at the Ninth Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party held in March 2011 and the Tenth Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 2016, and was re-elected as the chairman of the National Assembly on 20 April 2016. During the chairmanship of the National Assembly, on 17 May 2014, she and other senior government officials did not get on the An-74 of Lao People's Army because they suddenly changed their plans before the departure and took another plane hence avoiding the ill-fated aircraft which crashed while en route to Xiangkhouang Province, killing 16 of 17 occupants onboard.[10][11][12][13]

Yathotou and Bounthong Chitmany were elected as vice presidents of Laos in March 2021. At the same time, she stepped down as the chairman of the National Assembly and was replaced by the former central chairman of the Lao Front for National Development Saysomphone Phomvihane.[14][15]

Awards and honors

References

  1. ^ "H.E. Pany Yathotou – Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament".
  2. ^ McCartan, Brian (11 January 2011). "Cold War ally, modern-day nuisance". Asia Times. Archived from the original on 15 January 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2014.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Lintner, Bertil (2008). "LAOS: At the Crossroads". JSTOR (Southeast Asian Affairs). Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  4. ^ a b Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos (3rd edition). Scarecrow Press. p. 248. ISBN 9780810856240.
  5. ^ "Laos National Assembly delegation visits Ha Noi". Viet Nam News. Archived from the original on May 18, 2014. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  6. ^ a b c "Pany Yanthou (Curriculum Vitae)" (PDF). National Assembly. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 20, 2012. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  7. ^ "2001年党大会後のヴィエトナム・ラオス ― 新たな課題への挑戦" (PDF). 千葉市: 日本貿易振興機構アジア経済研究所研究支援部. 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  8. ^ "ຊີວະປະຫວັດຫຍໍ້ ຂອງ ທ່ານ ນາງ ປານີ ຢາທໍ່ຕູ້ ປະທານສະພາແຫ່ງຊາດ". Lao News Agency. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  9. ^ Mayiko, Ishikawa. ム・ヴォーラペット. 現代ラオスの政治と経済. ISBN 9784258010028.
  10. ^ "PDR Laos - 1994-2012 Politics". Global Security. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  11. ^ "Ninth Congress announces new Party leaders, adopts resolution". Vientiane Times. 2011-03-23. Archived from the original on April 12, 2013. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  12. ^ Vaenkeo, Souksakhone (2016-01-22). "Laos' 10th Congress elects new leadership". Vientiane Times (Asia News Network). Archived from the original on February 3, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  13. ^ Tao, Duanfang (2014-05-27). "從老撾軍機墜毀看友邦"親華派"". Nanzao (South China Morning Post). Archived from the original on August 19, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  14. ^ Thanabouasy, Phayboune. "Laos Elects New President and Prime Minister". Laotian Times. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  15. ^ "老挝国会选举通伦为国家主席". Xinhua. 2021-03-22. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
  16. ^ "2022 Autumn Conferment of Decorations on Foreign Nationals" (PDF). Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan. 2022. Retrieved August 13, 2023.
Political offices
Preceded by Vice President of Laos
2021–present 		Incumbent
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