National Congress of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party The National Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP; Lao: ກອງ ປະຊຸມ ໃຫຍ່ ຂອງ ພັກປະຊາຊົນ ປະຕິວັດ ລາວ) is the party's highest decision-making body The LPRP has convened 11 congresses since its foundation in 1955, and eight since taking power in 1975