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Kaysone Phomvihane

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Also known as Nguyen Cai Song

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

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Kaysone Phomvihane (1920–1992) was a Laotian politician who served as Prime Minister, President, and General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Born Nguyen Cai Song in Savannakhet, he was a member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and participated in the Laotian Civil War. He spoke Lao and Vietnamese and had ancestral ties to Vietnam.

Phomvihane authored works including *Revolution in Laos*, *The Third Congress of the Lao Peoples' Revolutionary Party*, and *Lēnin yư̄nyong nai phālakit khō̜ng phūakhao*. He received several international honors, including the Order of Lenin, the Order of José Martí, the Gold Star Order, and the Order of the Rajamitrabhorn.

He had four children, including Thongsavanh Phomvihane. Kaysone Phomvihane died in Vientiane and was buried there.

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Works
3

Top works

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

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Quotes

  • Our Party's strategic policy was direct­ed precisely to both the national and the demo­cratic objectives, in accordance with the specific features of our country and with the needs of the time.

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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

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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.