the lao people's revolutionary party (), formerly the lao people's party, is a 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. 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.