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 byKhamtai Siphandon
2nd President of Laos
In office
15 August 1991 – 21 November 1992
Prime MinisterKhamtai Siphandon
Preceded byPhoumi Vongvichit (Acting)
Succeeded byNouhak Phoumsavanh
11th Prime Minister of Laos
In office
8 December 1975 – 15 August 1991
PresidentSouphanouvong
Phoumi Vongvichit (Acting)
Preceded bySouvanna Phouma
Succeeded byKhamtai Siphandon
Personal details
Born
Nguyễn Cai Song

(1920-12-13)13 December 1920
Savannakhet, French Indochina
Died21 November 1992(1992-11-21) (aged 71)
Vientiane, Laos
Political partyLao People's Revolutionary Party
SpouseThongvin Phomvihane
Children4, 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, RTGSKaison 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.

  1. ^ "English Dictionary - Grammar - Phomvihane". Collins English Dictionary. Archived from the original on 8 December 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2023.

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