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{{Short description|Prime Minister of Laos from 2021–2022}}
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| name                = Phankham Viphavanh
| native_name         = {{nobold|ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ}}
| image               = Phankham Viphavanh 4th Asia-Pacific Water Summit.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 [[Secretariat of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|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               = [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party|People's Revolutionary Party]]
| occupation          = [[politician]]
| nationality         = [[Lao people|Lao]]
| native_name_lang    = lo
}}
'''Phankham Viphavanh''' ({{lang-lo|ພັນຄຳ ວິພາວັນ}}; born 14 April 1951{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}) is a [[Laos|Laotian]] [[politician]], a member of the [[Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Politburo]] and the [[Executive Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|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.<ref>[http://en.nhandan.com.vn/politics/external-relations/item/4452902-president-tran-dai-quang-receives-lao-vice-president-phankham-viphavanh.html Nhan Dan]</ref> He retired in December 2022.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}

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

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