Lao National Assembly elects Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister

Saleumxay Kommasith is elected as prime minister during the second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 5, 2026. The second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister, and elected Sonexay Siphandone, former prime minister, as President of the Lao National Assembly on Monday. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)

VIENTIANE, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- The second ordinary session of the Lao National Assembly's 10th legislature elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister on Monday.

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith (R, front) congratulates Sonexay Siphandone on being elected as president of the Lao National Assembly during the second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly in Vientiane, Laos, Oct. 5, 2026. The second ordinary session of the 10th Lao National Assembly elected Deputy Prime Minister Saleumxay Kommasith as prime minister, and elected Sonexay Siphandone, former prime minister, as President of the Lao National Assembly on Monday. (Lao News Agency/Handout via Xinhua)