Kaysone Phomvihane
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first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (r. 1955-1992)
Key facts
- Succeeded by
- Khamtai Siphandon
- Prime minister
- Khamtai Siphandon
- Preceded by
- Phoumi Vongvichit (Acting)
- President
- Souphanouvong , Phoumi Vongvichit (Acting)
- Born
- Nguyễn Cai Song , ( 1920-12-13 ) 13 December 1920, Savannakhet , French Indochina
- Died
- 21 November 1992 (1992-11-21) (aged 71), Vientiane , Laos
- Party
- Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Spouse
- Thongvin Phomvihane
- Children
- 4, including Saysomphone , Thongsavanh
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Laos
- Place of birth
- Savannakhet
- Place of death
- Vientiane
- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- President of Laos
- Political party
- Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Languages spoken
- Vietnamese
- Conflict
- Laotian Civil War
- Image
- Kaysone Phomvihane 1978.jpg
- Number of children
- 4
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Encyclopedic overview
Kaysone Phomvihane (Kraisorn Brahmavihara; Lao: ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ, pronounced [kàj.sɔ̌ːn pʰóm.wī(ʔ).hǎːn]; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists seized power in the wake of the Laotian Civil War, he was the de facto leader of Laos from 1975 until his death. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second President from 1991 to 1992. His theories and policies are officially known as Kaysone Phomvihane Thought.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kaysone Phomvihane” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.