Khamtai Siphandone
Sign in to saveformer Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1924–2025)
Key facts
- Preceded by
- Kaysone Phomvihane
- Succeeded by
- Choummaly Sayasone (as General Secretary )
- Prime minister
- Sisavath Keobounphanh Bounnhang Vorachith
- Vice president
- Oudom Khattigna Choummaly Sayasone
- President
- Kaysone Phomvihane Nouhak Phoumsavanh
- Born
- ( 1924-02-08 ) 8 February 1924, Champasak , Laos , French Indochina
- Died
- 2 April 2025 (2025-04-02) (aged 101), Vientiane , Laos
- Party
- Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955–2006)
- Spouse
- Thongvanh Siphandone
- Children
- 6, including Sonexay , Viengthong
- Relatives
- Khampheng Saysompheng (son-in-law)
- Allegiance
- Lao Issara (1946–1948), Pathet Lao (1950–1975), Laos (1975–1991)
- Branch service
- Lao People's Armed Forces
- Years of service
- 1946–1991
- Rank
- General
- Commands
- Lao People's Armed Forces
- Battles wars
- First Indochinese War , Laotian Civil War , Insurgency in Laos , Thai-Laotian Border War
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Laos
- Place of birth
- French Protectorate of Laos
- Place of death
- Vientiane
- Child
- Sonexay Siphandone
- Occupation
- military personnel
- Political party
- Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Languages spoken
- Lao
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh meeting with the President of Laos, Mr. Khamtay Siphandone at Vientiane in Laos on November 29, 2004 (cropped).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1924-02-08
- Commons category
- Khamtai Siphandon
- name in native language
- ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ
- P10632
- Khamtai Siphandone
- date of death
- 2025-04-02
- relative
- KhamPheng Saysompheng
- subject has role
- centenarian
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Encyclopedic overview
General Khamtai Siphandone (Lao: ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ; 8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025) was a Laotian politician who served as the chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the fourth president of Laos from 1998 to 2006, when he was replaced by Choummaly Sayasone. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1954 and became a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 1956.
Early life
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