Guest of Honor & Speaker’s Profile: Ambassador Songkane Luangmuninthone

Family Name: Luangmuninthone. Given Name: Songkane. Date of Birth: 14 April 1964. Marital Status: Married to Mrs. Anothay with 3 children (2 sons, 1 daughter). Religion: Buddhism. Position: Ambassador of the Lao PDR to the Republic of the Philippines.

Education

1982 - 1988: Magister of Legal Science (Master equivalent), Public International Law, Moscow Institute of International (Russia)

1999 - 2000: Master in Public Policy, Public Policy Program, National University of Singapore (Predecessor of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy)

Work Experience

1989: Secretary to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

1991 - 1993: Member, Laos-Myanmar Boundary Demarcation Technical Team

1994 - 1998: Third and Second Secretary, Embassy of Lao PDR to the Kingdom of Thailand

1999 - 2002: Secretary and Head of the Secretariat, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs

2002 - 2005: Director of Political and Security Cooperation Division, ASEAN Department

2005 - 2008: Deputy Director General, ASEAN Department

2008 - 2011: Deputy Chief of Mission, Permanent Mission of Lao PDR to the United Nations, New York

2012 - 2015: Director of Trade and Investment Promotion Division, ASEAN – Japan Centre, Tokyo

2015 - 2018: Director General of Economic Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

January 2019 – Present: Ambassador of the Lao PDR to the Republic of the Philippines

Throughout nearly 30 in the service at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, He has worked both in Bilateral and Multilateral Diplomacy; He was member of the High Level Trask Force to draft the ASEAN Charter. He is currently senior official for sub – regional and inter-regional frameworks of Cooperation such as CLVM, ACMECS, Mekong-Ganga Cooperation, Mekong - Japan Cooperation, Mekong- Republic of Korea Cooperation, Mekong-Lancang Cooperation, Lower Mekong Initiative (Mekong-US), and Asia Cooperation Dialogue (ACD). He also participated in many United Nations General Assembly Sessions, APEC Summit, G- 20 Summit and the Belt and Road Leader’s Meeting.

Foreign Languages: English, Russian. Hobbies: Cooking, Golf