Kaysone Phomvihane

Kaysone Phomvihane
ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ
Kaysone in 1978
General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party[a]
In office 22 March 1955 – 21 November 1992
Succeeded by	Khamtai Siphandon
2nd President of Laos
In office 15 August 1991 – 21 November 1992
Prime Minister	Khamtai Siphandon
Preceded by	Phoumi Vongvichit (Acting)
Succeeded by	Nouhak Phoumsavanh
11th Prime Minister of Laos
In office 8 December 1975 – 15 August 1991
President	Souphanouvong Phoumi Vongvichit (Acting)
Preceded by	Souvanna Phouma
Succeeded by	Khamtai Siphandon
Personal details
Born	Nguyễn Cai Song (1920-12-13)13 December 1920 Savannakhet, French Indochina
Died	21 November 1992(1992-11-21) (aged 71) Vientiane, Laos
Political party	Lao People's Revolutionary Party
Spouse	Thongvin Phomvihane
Children	4, including Saysomphone, Thongsavanh
a. ^ General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Party until February 1972; General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party until March 1991; Chairman of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party since March 1991

Kaysone Phomvihane (Lao: ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ, RTGS: Kaison Phomwihan, pronounced [kàj.sɔ̌ːn pʰóm.wī(ʔ).hǎːn];^[1] 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.