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An indirect presidential election was held in Laos on 15 June 2011, following the opening ceremony of the newly elected assembly. [1] Incumbent president Choummaly Sayasone was reelected, as had been widely expected. [2]
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An indirect presidential election was held in Laos on 15 June 2011, following the opening ceremony of the newly elected assembly. [1] Incumbent president Choummaly Sayasone was reelected, as had been widely expected. [2]
Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a socialist state and the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. At the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, Laos is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. Its capital and largest city is Vientiane.
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