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Kaysone Phomvihane

first General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (r. 1955-1992)

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Born: 1920-12-13
Died: 1992-11-21
Works: 3

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Lēnin yư̄nyong nai phālakit khō̜ng phūakhao
Revolution in Laos
The Third Congress of the Lao Peoples' Revolutionary Party

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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.

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