Nouhak Phoumsavan

Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (born April 9, 1914) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who succeeded Kaysone Phomvihane as president of Laos on the latter's death in November 1992. He had been First Deputy Prime Minister when Kaysone was Prime Minister until 1991. Image File history File links Nouhak_Phoumsavan. ... Image File history File links Nouhak_Phoumsavan. ... April 9 is the 99th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (100th in leap years). ... 1914 (MCMXIV) is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Pathet Lao was the name of the Laotian Communist movement from the 1950s to the 1970s and the Laotian equivalent of the Khmer Rouge, Viet Minh and Viet Cong. ... A revolution is a relatively sudden, and absolutely drastic change (a complete turn-around). This may be a change in the social or political institutions over a relatively short period of time, or a major change in its culture or economy. ... In modern usage, a communist party is a political party which promotes communism, a sociopolitical philosophy based on the particular interpretation of Marxism put forth by Vladimir Lenin. ... Kaysone Phomvihane (December 13, 1920–November 21, 1992) was the leader of the Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role. ... For other uses, see November (disambiguation). ... 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ... A prime minister may be either: chief or leading member of the cabinet of the top-level government in a country having a parliamentary system of government; or the official, in countries with a semi-presidential system of government, appointed to manage the civil service and execute the directives of... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Though the presidency had become an executive position, prime minister Khamtai Siphandon had taken the country's most powerful position, leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and when he decided to move from prime minister to president in 1998, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, by then one of the oldest heads of state in the world, retired. General Khamtai Siphandon (born February 8, 1924) has been president of Laos since February 1998, and has led the communist Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party, the only legal party in the country, since 1992. ... The Lao Peoples Revolutionary Party (Laotian: Phak Pasason Pativat Lao) is the Communist Party of Laos. ... 1998(MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ...