Lao People’s Revolutionary Party

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communist party political party ruling party

The Lao People’s Revolutionary Party is the communist political party that has governed Laos as its sole legal ruling party since 1975.

Aliases (3)

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist party → political party → ruling party →
bans	opposition political parties →
cameToPowerIn	1975 →
constitutionalRole	leading nucleus of the political system of Laos →
controls	Lao People’s Armed Forces → Lao People’s Public Security →
country	Laos →
economicPolicy	socialist-oriented market economy →
foreignPolicyOrientation	close relations with China → close relations with Vietnam → non-aligned →
foundedAs	Lao People’s Party →
generalSecretaryTitle	General Secretary of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party →
governingSince	2 December 1975 →
governs	Lao People’s Democratic Republic →
governsCapital	Vientiane →
hasOrgan	Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party → Politburo of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party → Secretariat of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party →
hasParamilitaryWing	Lao People’s Armed Forces →
hasWing	Lao People’s Revolutionary Youth Union → Lao Women’s Union →
headquartersLocation	Vientiane →
ideology	Marxism–Leninism →
influences	National Assembly of Laos → civil service of Laos → judiciary of Laos → state media in Laos →
languageOfOrganization	Lao →
leadsOffice	President of Laos → Prime Minister of Laos →
legalStatus	sole legal party in Laos →
membershipIn	International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties →
partySystem	one-party system →
politicalPosition	far-left →
precededBy	Lao People’s Party →
region	Southeast Asia →
role	sole legal ruling party of Laos →
stateIdeology	socialism →
stateStructure	single-party state →
typeOfGovernmentItLeads	socialist republic →
usesColor	red → yellow →
usesSymbol	hammer and sickle →

Referenced by (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
National Assembly of Laos ("Lao People's Revolutionary Party") →	dominantParty
Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ("Lao People’s Party") →	foundedAs
Viet Cong ("Lao Dong Party") →	foundedBy
President of Laos →	memberOf
Viet Minh ("Lao Dong Party") →	mergedInto
President of Laos →	nominator
Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ("Lao People’s Party") →	precededBy
Laos →	rulingParty