The 2nd Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2nd CC LPRP) was elected by the
2nd National Congress on 6 February 1972,
and remained in session until the election of the
3rd Central Committee on 27 April 1982.
In between convocations of the
party congresses the Central Committee is the highest decision-making institution in the party. The 2nd Central Committee was not a permanent institution and delegated day-to-day work to elected central guidance bodies, such as the
Politburo
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Names
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and the
Secretariat
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* Secretariat (administrative office)
* Secretariat (horse)
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. It convened meetings, known as "Plenary Session of the 2nd Central Committee", to discuss major policies. The 2nd CC was composed of 23 members and 6 alternates, and at its 1st Plenary Session on 6 February 1972 it elected a seven-man
2nd Politburo, a four-man
2nd Secretariat and elected
Kaysone Phomvihane
Kaysone Phomvihane ( lo, ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists seized po ...
to the office
General Secretary of the Central Committee.
As well as electing the party's central bodies, the 2nd National Congress formulated the general party line of the 2nd CC. The line reaffirmed the party's commitment to the theories of national people's democratic revolution in Laos and of
constructing socialism by bypassing
capitalism
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.
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2nd Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
1972 establishments in Laos
1982 disestablishments in Laos