Complex sentence: Lt. Gen. Choummaly Sayasone (born 1936) is the Vice President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and general secretary (leader) of the communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party-the only legal political party in Laos, since March 21,2006.
Split into simpler sentences: Lt. Gen. Choummaly Sayasone (born 1936) is the Vice President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic. He has served as general secretary, or leader, of the communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party, the only legal political party in Laos, since March 21,2006.