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Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13, 1920–November 21, 1992) was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role. He served as the first prime minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic and then as president until his death in 1992. Kaysone Phomvihane Fair use for the article Kaysone Phomvihane The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... Kaysone Phomvihane Fair use for the article Kaysone Phomvihane The copyright status of this work is difficult or impossible to determine. ... is the 347th day of the year (348th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... The Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (Laotian: Phak Pasason Pativat Lao) is the Communist Party of Laos. ... Year 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar). ... Prince Souphanouvong (July 13, 1909 - January 9, 1995) was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champassack, one of the Three Princes who represented respectively the communist, neutralist, and royalist political factions in Laos. ... This is a list of prime ministers of Laos Luang Prabang 1941â€“1945: Prince Phetsarath Kingdom (1945â€“1975) 1945â€“1946: Prince Phaya Khammao (chair of the provisional government) 1946â€“1947: Prince Kindavong 1947â€“1948: Prince Souvannarath 1948â€“1950: Prince Boun Oum 1950â€“1951: Phoui Sananikone 1951â€“1954: Prince Souvanna Phouma... The office of the President of Laos was created after the downfall of the monarchy of the country, and a member of the old ruling family was the first president. ...

Biography

Phomvihane was born in Na Seng, Savannakhet, Laos. His mother was Laotian, his father Vietnamese.^[1]^[2] Savannakhét (Lao ສະຫວັນນະເຂດ) is a province of Laos, located in the south of the country. ... The Lao Peoples Democratic Republic is a landlocked country in southeast Asia, bordered by Myanmar (commonly known in the west as Burma) and the Peoples Republic of China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south, and Thailand to the west. ...

Phomvihane attended law school at Hanoi University in Hanoi, Vietnam. He dropped out of law school to fight the French colonialists who were in Vietnam. Later, he joined the Pathet Lao, which was also fighting the French colonialists. Hanoi opera house Hanoi (Vietnamese: Hà Nội; Chinese: 河内), estimated population 3,500,800 (1997), is the capital of Vietnam and was the capital of North Vietnam from 1954 to 1976. ... Pathet Lao (Laotian, Land of Laos) was a communist, nationalist political movement and organization in Laos, formed in the mid 20th century. ...

He died in Vientiane, [Laos]. After his death, the Laotian government built an eight million dollar gold-plated museum in his honor, in Vientiane, partially funded by Vietnam,^[3] with a 30 foot, cast-iron, statue of Phomvihane as a middle-aged pot-bellied gentleman in a tight-fitting suit in front of the building.^[4] This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

He became an active revolutionary while studying in Indochina capital Hà Nội during the 1940s. In 1955 he was instrumental in setting up the LPRP at Samnuea in northern Laos, and served as the Pathet Lao leader since the founding, though Souphanouvong served as the figure head. In the years which followed he led communist forces against the Kingdom of Laos and Americans. After their victory he served as Prime Minister from the founding of the Lao PDR in 1972 until 1991. He married to Thongvinh Phomvihane, an ethnic Vietnamese. They were childless, but had adopted a son. After his dead, Lao communist party dropped his wife from the party, mounting concern over heroin trafficking. She used her diplomat status and trafficked heroin into Vietnam several times, and got caught as well. Pretty much nobody in Laos know communist Vietnam better than Kaysone Phomvihane, and he knew how to deal with them effectively. He had his odd moment with communist Vietnam over Lao-Viet border issues. Lao and Vietnamese forces almost clashed over their common border . Lao communist party chose the tactic of ignoring and delaying over Lao/Viet border issues. The demarcation process started in 1977 and just finished in 2007. According to western journalist the Lao/Viet borderline is "very close" to the 1945 border between Laos and Tonkin and Annam, respectively. Vietnam Vs China and Vietnam Vs Cambodia border issues are not settled well like Lao/Viet have accomplished. According to Vatthana Pholsena, Assistant professor of Southeast Asian Studies at the National University of Singapore, the author of the book "Post-war Laos" Kaysone Phomvihane was the top policy maker in LPDR, and a strongman. He created Sekong province to honor southern minority for their support on the war effort. --Buddhalove 07:01, 16 October 2007 (UTC)

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