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- ↑ Stuart-Fox 2007, p. 162–3.
- ↑ "ກອງປະຊຸມໃຫ່ຍຜູ້ແທນທົ່ວປະເທດຄັ້ງທີ IX ຂອງພັກ" [The 9th National Congress of the Party]. Ministry of Public Security. 2011. Archived from the original on 1 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
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- Stuart-Fox, Martin (2007). "LAOS: Politics in a Single-party State". Southeast Asian Affairs . ISEAS–Yusof Ishak Institute: 161–180. JSTOR 27913331.
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