Khemmani Pholsena (; born ?) is a
Lao politician,
Minister and Head of the President's Office and a member of the
11th Central Committee of the
Lao People's Revolutionary Party
The Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) is the founding and sole ruling party of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The party's monopoly on state power is guaranteed by Article 3 of the Constitution of Laos, and it maintains a unitar ...
(LPRP).
She is the fifth daughter of former
Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Quinim Pholsena
Quinim Pholsena (18 November 1915 – 1 April 1963) was a leftist minister and the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1962 to 1963, under Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma.
Early life
Pholsena was born 18 November 1915, Pakse, Champasak ...
. Together with her siblings, she studied at
Beijing Bayi School between 1963 and 1969,
where she was a schoolmate of
Xi Jinping
Xi Jinping ( ; ; ; born 15 June 1953) is a Chinese politician who has served as the general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), and thus as the paramount leader of China, ...
.
Between 1969 and 1975 she received her high school education in
Vietnam
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.
Between 1977 and 1982 Pholsena obtained her Bachelor and master's degrees in International Economic Relations from
. In 2003 she obtained a master's degree in Public Management from the
National University of Singapore under the Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship.
She has served as
Minister of Industry and Commerce A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce.
Notable examples are:
List
*Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...
,
Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce and Director General of Foreign Trade Department at the same ministry.
In March 2021 she was appointed as a top aide of Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.
She was elected to the
10th term of the party
Central Committee at the
10th LPRP National Congress in 2016,
and to the 11th term at the
11th National Congress in 2021.
References
Members of the 10th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Members of the 11th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Living people
1950s births
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