Deputy PM, defence minister moves to PM’s Office in latest reshuffle

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence General Chansamone Chanyalath is moving to the Prime Minister’s Office to take up new duties there, making him one of several Cabinet members to be transferred to a new post in less than two weeks.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Lieutenant General Khamlieng Outhakaysone has replaced him as defence minister, while General Chansamone will continue as a Deputy Prime Minister.
Vice President of the National Assembly (NA) Sounthone Xayachack, representing the NA’s Standing Committee, announced General Chansamone’s move on Wednesday during the ongoing 8th Ordinary Session of the NA’s 9th legislature.
On November 18, the first day of the parliamentary sitting, Mrs Sounthone announced another transfer, which saw former Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith moving to the Prime Minister’s Office.
He was replaced by the former Head of the External Relations Committee of the Party Central Committee, Mr Thongsavanh Phomvihane.
The change came following approval by the NA’s Standing Committee at an extraordinary meeting on November 15, with Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone proposing the move.

General Chansamone Chanyalath (left), Lieutenant General Khamlieng Outhakaysone.

By Times Reporters
 (Latest Update November 28, 2024)