Sam Neua - Building Lao Front for National Construction

The Lao Front for National Development (LFND; lo, ແນວລາວສ້າງຊາດ, ) is a Laotian

popular front A popular front is "any coalition of working-class and middle-class parties", including liberal and social democratic ones, "united for the defense of democratic forms" against "a presumed Fascist assault". More generally, it is "a coalition ...

founded in 1979, and led by 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 unitary ...

. Its task is to organize Laotian

mass mobilization Mass mobilization (also known as social mobilization or popular mobilization) refers to mobilization of civilian population as part of contentious politics. Mass mobilization is defined as a process that engages and motivates a wide range of partne ...

, and other

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, organizations. In 1988, its tasks were expanded to include certain ethnic minority affairs. It is also in charge of religious affairs; all religious organizations within Laos must register with the LFND.USCIRF Annual Report 2009 - The Commission's Watch List: Laos

Presidents

Formerly Front organisations

* Neo Lao Issara (Free Lao Front) (1950–1956), chairman: Souphanouvong * Neo Lao Hak Sat (Lao Patriotic Front) (1956–1979), chairman: Souphanouvong

Electoral history

National Assembly elections

References

{{Lao People's Revolutionary Party Popular fronts of communist states Lao People's Revolutionary Party Political parties established in 1979 1979 establishments in Laos