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Houses | Royal Council and National Assembly |
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Founded | November 1947[1] |
Disbanded | 2 December 1975 |
Succeeded by | Supreme People's Assembly of Lao PDR |
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Last National Assembly election | 1972 |
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Vientiane |
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The Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos was the bicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Laos from 1947 to 1975. It consisted of the National Assembly, whose members were popularly elected, and the Royal Council, whose members were appointed by the King or elected by the National Assembly.[2] The last elections to the National Assembly took place in 1972.