# List of ambassadors of Laos to the United States

The Laotian ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Vientiane to the Government of the United States.

## List of representatives

| Diplomatic agrément | Diplomatic accreditation | ambassador | Observations | Prime Minister of Laos | List of presidents of the United States |
| June 29, 1953 | | | Legation opened | Souvanna Phouma | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| June 29, 1953 | July 13, 1963 | Ourot R. Souvannavong | 1954 Laotian Delegate at the Geneva Conference. Till 1960 he was secretary general in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. | Souvanna Phouma | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| November 8, 1955 | | | Legation raised to Embassy | Katay Don Sasorith | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| October 13, 1955 | November 8, 1955 | Ourot R. Souvannavong | Ourot Souvannavong, former Ambassador to Washington, and during the summer of 1939 scheduled to be appointed Ambassador to Vietnam. Ourot studied in Cambodia. | Katay Don Sasorith | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| November 17, 1959 | December 1, 1959 | Nouphat Chounramany | Lao Secretary of State for National Economy until July 1958 | Phoui Sananikone | Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| October 4, 1961 | October 17, 1961 | H.R.H. Tiao Khampan | | Boun Oum | John F. Kennedy |
| March 31, 1966 | April 6, 1966 | Khamkhing Souvanlasy | | Souvanna Phouma | Lyndon B. Johnson |
| April 1, 1971 | | Souk-Praseuth Sithimolada | Chargé d'affaires, (1942) Among those known to Amnesty International whose release was later confirmed were Oudong Souvannavong, the 64-year-old former director of the National Bank of Laos, and his brother Ouday Soukpraseuth Sithimolada, a 48-year-old former diplomat and chef de cabinet in the ministry of foreign affairs Soukpraseith Sithimolada " | Sisavang Vatthana | Richard Nixon |
| June 28, 1971 | July 22, 1971 | Tiao Khammao | | Sisavang Vatthana | Richard Nixon |
| October 4, 1972 | December 19, 1972 | Phagna Pheng Norindr | There was also a third brother of La Norindr, Pheng Norindr who was a prominent member of Phoumi's entourage. he was ambassador in Moscow. | Sisavang Vatthana | Richard Nixon |
| July 18, 1974 | | Khamsouk Chanthadara | Chargé d'affaires 1968 Consellor in Paris | Sisavang Vatthana | Gerald Ford |
| September 27, 1974 | October 4, 1974 | Khamphan Panya | March 4, 1917) Khamphan Panya, ambassadeur du Laos à Moscou depuis novembre 1962, The King's Council, influenced by Khamphan Panya's father, Phao Panya, asked the king on December 27 to pronounce himself on the constitutionality of the extension of the Assembly's mandate. | Sisavang Vatthana | Gerald Ford |
| 1975 | | | Diplomatic relation ceasaed | Kaysone Phomvihane | Theodore Roosevelt |
| September 23, 1992 | November 18, 1992 | Hiem Phommachanh | | Khamtai Siphandon | George H. W. Bush |
| 1992 | | | Mission opened under Name The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic | Khamtai Siphandon | Theodore Roosevelt |
| July 29, 1998 | September 10, 1998 | Vang Rattanagong | | Sisavath Keobounphanh | Bill Clinton |
| April 19, 2002 | June 19, 2002 | Phanthong Phommahaxay | 1998: Ambassadaor in Berlin | Bounnhang Vorachith | George W. Bush |
| February 22, 2007 | February 27, 2007 | Phiane Philakone | 08.06.2001 he was ambassador in Manila | Bouasone Bouphavanh | George W. Bush |
| June 4, 2010 | June 28, 2010 | Seng Soukhathivong | Born February 10, 1955, Soukhathivong | Bouasone Bouphavanh | Barack Obama |
| July 2, 2015 | August 3, 2015 | Mai Sayavongs | Born June 5, 1962, in Laos' Houaphanh | Thongsing Thammavong | Barack Obama |
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