What is Lao People's Revolutionary Party?
{{Infobox political party |country = Laos |name = Lao People's Revolutionary Party |native_name = ພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ<br />Phak Pasason Pativat Lao |logo = |logo_size = |general_secretary = [[Bounnhang Vorachith]] |leader1_name = |leader2_name = |leader3_name = |foundation = 22 March 1955 |position=[[Far-left politics|Far-left]] |headquarters = [[Vientiane]] |newspaper = ''[[Pasason]]'' |youth_wing = [[Lao People's Revolutionary Youth Union]] |wing1_title = [[Military|Armed wing]] |wing1 = [[Lao People's Armed Forces]] |membership_year = 2011 |membership = 191,700 |ideology = [[Communism]]<br>[[Marxism–Leninism]] |international = [[International Meeting of Communist and Workers' Parties]] |national = [[Lao Front for National Construction]] |seats1_title = [[National Assembly (Laos)|National Assembly]] |seats1 = {{Composition bar|144|149|hex={{party color|Lao People's Revolutionary Party}}}} |colorcode = {{party color|Lao People's Revolutionary Party}} |flag = Flag of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.svg |website = |footnotes = }} The '''Lao People's Revolutionary Party''' ({{lang-lo|ພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ}}), formerly the '''Lao People's Party''', is a [[Marxism-Leninism|Marxist–Leninist]] [[political party]] in [[Laos]]. It has emerged from the [[Communist Party of Vietnam]] founded by [[Hồ Chí Minh]] in 1930. It has governed in Laos since 1975. The policy-making organs are the Politburo, Secretariat and the [[Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Central Committee]]. A [[party congress]] is held every five years. The congress elects members to the politburo and central committee. The congress used to also elect a secretariat, but this body was abolished in 1991. As of 2016, 128 of the 132 members of the [[National Assembly of Laos]] were from the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/191260/SEAA-17%20-%20Laos%20(Soulatha%20and%20Creak)-final.pdf?sequence=3&isAllowed=y|access-date=2024-09-12|website=minerva-acc