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Lao Women group (students and CEO) at Global Summit of Women
HON. INLAVANH KEOBOUNPHANH,
LAO PDR, MINISTER /PRESIDENT,
LAO WOMEN’S UNION
Dr. Keobounphanh was born on April 29, 1960 in
Huaphanh Province. She is married with two children.
She graduated in Medical Assistance in 1976 and has
a Bachelor Degree of Medical Doctor in Obstetrics
and Gynaecology at Thai Bing University of Vietnam
in 1983. She completed Hospital Management at
KUMAMOTO, University of Japan in 2000, and a
Master Degree at the National Academy for Political and
Public Administration in 2015.
Between 1976 and 2010, she worked for 103 Military
Hospitals with progressive roles and responsibilities;
physician of obstetrics, chief of administration section
and chief of personnel section respectively. Then she
was appointed as Director of Sisattanak District Health
Office and the Director General of Vientiane Capital
Health Department. In between, she undertook other
honourable roles and functions such as: President of
HIV Control Committee in Vientiane Capital; the
President of Community-based Health Insurance of
Vientiane Capital; and the Vice President of Mother and
Child and Control Outbreak Committee of Vientiane
Capital.
From 2010 to 2015, she was appointed as a Vice
Minister of Health in charge of Personnel and
Organization and later in charge of Hygiene and Health
Promotion to oversight MDG 1, 4, 6 and 7 and Village
Health Model. In addition, she took other honourable
positions as Vice President of The National Committee
for Mothers and Children, Member of the National
Committee for Inflation, the National Committee
Member of Rural Development and Poverty Eradication,
and Member of the National Committee for the
Advancement of Women, respectively.
In 2015, she was appointed as President of Lao
Women’s Union and Vice President of the National
Committee for the Advancement of Women and Mother
and Children.
Dr. Keobounphanh speaks fluent Vietnamese, Japanese
and some English.
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