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Khamtai Siphandone (Lao: ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ; 8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025) was a Laotian politician who served as the chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the fourth president of Laos from 1998 to 2006, when he was replaced by Choummaly Sayasone. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1954 and became a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 1956.
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded byPhoumi Vongvichit | President of the Lao Front for National Construction 1991–2001 | Succeeded bySisavath Keobounphanh |
| Preceded byKaysone Phomvihane | Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party 1992–2006 | Succeeded byChoummaly Sayasone(General Secretary) |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byNone | Minister of Defense 1975–1991 | Succeeded byChoummaly Sayasone |
| Preceded byKaysone Phomvihane | Prime Minister of Laos 1991–1998 | Succeeded bySisavath Keobounphanh |
| Preceded byNouhak Phoumsavanh | President of Laos 1998–2006 | Succeeded byChoummaly Sayasone |
| Diplomatic posts | ||
| Preceded byMegawati Sukarnoputri | Chairperson of ASEAN 2004 | Succeeded byAbdullah Ahmad Badawi |