Khemmani_Pholsena
Khemmani Pholsena (Lao: ເຂັມມະນີ ພົນເສນາ; born ?) is a Lao politician, Minister and Head of the President's Office and a member of the 11th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).[1][2]
She is the fifth daughter of former Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Quinim Pholsena. Together with her siblings, she studied at Beijing Bayi School between 1963 and 1969,[3] where she was a schoolmate of Xi Jinping.[4][5][6] Between 1969 and 1975 she received her high school education in Vietnam.[3] Between 1977 and 1982 Pholsena obtained her Bachelor and master's degrees in International Economic Relations from Moscow State Institute of International Relations. In 2003 she obtained a master's degree in Public Management from the National University of Singapore under the Lee Kuan Yew Fellowship.[7]
She has served as Minister of Industry and Commerce,[8] Vice Minister of Industry and Commerce and Director General of Foreign Trade Department at the same ministry.[7] In March 2021 she was appointed as a top aide of Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith.[4]
She was elected to the 10th term of the party Central Committee at the 10th LPRP National Congress in 2016,[9] and to the 11th term at the 11th National Congress in 2021.[2]