Phankham Viphavanh

{{Short description|Prime Minister of Laos from 2021–2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Phankham Viphavanh

| native_name = {{nobold|ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ}}

| image = Phankham Viphavanh on December 14, 2022 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Phankham in 2022

| office = Prime Minister of Laos

| president = Thongloun Sisoulith

| term_start = 22 March 2021

| term_end = 30 December 2022

| predecessor = Thongloun Sisoulith

| successor = Sonexay Siphandone

| office1 = Vice President of Laos

| president1 = Bounnhang Vorachit

| term_start1 = 20 April 2016

| term_end1 = 22 March 2021

| predecessor1 = Bounnhang Vorachit

| successor1 = Pany Yathotou & Bounthong Chitmany

| office2 = Standing Member of the LPRP Secretariat

| 1blankname2 = {{nowrap|General Secretary}}

| 1namedata2 = Bounnhang Vorachit

| term_start2 = 21 January 2016

| term_end2 = 15 January 2021

| predecessor2 = Bounnhang Vorachit

| successor2 = Bounthong Chitmany

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1951|4|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = French Protectorate of Laos

| death_date =

| death_place =

| party = People's Revolutionary Party

| occupation = politician

| nationality = Lao

| native_name_lang = lo

}}

Phankham Viphavanh ({{langx|lo|ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ}}; born 14 April 1951{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}) is a Laotian politician, a member of the Politburo and the Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. He became the Prime Minister of Laos, who was elected by the National Assembly of Laos in March 2021.[http://en.nhandan.com.vn/politics/external-relations/item/4452902-president-tran-dai-quang-receives-lao-vice-president-phankham-viphavanh.html Nhan Dan]

He was deputy minister in the prime minister's office from 2003 to 2005, then was elected to the eighth Party Central Committee in 2006, and became governor of Houaphanh province.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} He was elected to politburo in 2011, and then held the position of Minister of Education and Sports. He was also the president of the Lao–Vietnam Friendship Association.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

In 2014, he became the Deputy Prime Minister and in April 2016, he was elected as Vice President of Laos.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}