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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Kaysone Phomvihane
		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.
		Phomvihane was born in Na Seng, Savannakhet, Laos.
		Kaysone was born in Savannakhet, the son of a Vietnamese civil servant father and Laotian mother.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Kaysone-Phomvihane (1416 words)

	Kaysone Phomvihane Summary
		Kaysone assumed command of the Pathet Lao armed forces, precursor of the People's Liberation Army of Laos of which he later became commander, and waged guerrilla war to take control of Laos.
		In 1953, Kaysone and Prince Souphanuvong (1909–1995) established northern Laos as the Pathet Lao stronghold and in 1955 formed the Lao People's Party, to which Kaysone was elected general secretary.
		Kaysone became president of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1991 and, following his death, remains revered by Lao citizens as a national hero.
	www.bookrags.com /Kaysone_Phomvihane (381 words)

	Green Left - Laotian independence leader dies
		Kaysone Phomvihane, the President of Laos and a prominent leader of the independence struggle in Laos died on November 21 at the age of 71.
		Kaysone participated in the student movement against French colonialism in the early 1940s while studying in Hanoi.
		Kaysone and other revolutionaries set up their base in a cave amongst the hills of north-eastern Laos.
	www.greenleft.org.au /1992/82/1972 (302 words)

	BBC News \| FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT \| Laos: 25 years of communism
		There are just a few photographs - some of them appear many times so as to fill up the space - and a display of the respected leader's comb, electric razor and favoured ping-pong bat.
		Laos, one traffic policeman told the paper, has become known on the world's stage because of Kaysone Phomvihane.
		True patriots, they wanted to celebrate the 25th anniversary of national day, the 45th anniversary of the Lao People's revolutionary Party and of course the 80th anniversary of Kaysone Phomvihane's birthday.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/1092752.stm (794 words)

	[CTRL] [2] Drugs, the U.S., and Khun Sa
		SANCTUARY IN LAOS His feet now on firmer ground in Burma, Khun Sa turned his eyes to Laos in 1982, seeking another ally in the person of Kaysone Phomvihane.
		The Lao government, under the leadership of Kaysone Phomvihane, has been a major narcotics peddler since at least 1977, with Kaysone and his regime having poured huge amounts of heroin, morphine, opium, and marijuana on the world markets.
		Exactly when and how Kaysone and his cohorts became drug dealers is murky and—barring a major defection or an overnight rebellion against the communists which might expose incriminating documents—will remain so.
	www.mail-archive.com /ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg31810.html (5202 words)

	Kaysone Phomvihane Encyclopédie (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kaysone Phomvihane (13 décembre 1920 - 21 novembre 1992) fut le dirigeant du Pathet Lao (Parti populaire révolutionnaire lao) de 1955 à sa mort, bien que son fondateur, le prince Souphanouvong, fût beaucoup plus connu sur la scène internationale.
		Kaysone Phomvihane, 71, the president of Laos who...
		northeastern province of Houaphan that revolutionary leader Kaysone Phomvihane directed the war against the U.S.-sponsored Royalist...
	www.encyclopedie.cc /topic/Kaysone_Phomvihane.html (159 words)

	Kaysone_Phomvihane
		Kaysone Phomvihane From Sterwiki Kaysone Phomvihane(Savannakhet, 13 december 1920-21 november 1920) was een Laotiaans communistisch politicus.
		Kaysone Phomvihane was de secretaris-generaal van de Laotiaanse Volkspartij.
		Kaysone volgde sinsdien ook actieve boeddhistische spirituele oefeningen.
	www.1000vragen.nl /financieel_nieuws/2005/02/19/finnieuws_Kaysone_Phomvihane.html (321 words)

	The Forgotten Country
		The secretive Kaysone, who lived in a cave in Sam Neua Province near the Vietnamese border during the years of the American bombing, was a figure largely unknown to the rest of me world.
		But from the beginning it was clear that Kaysone, the new prime minister—he appeared at a reception on December 5, 1975, and that was the first time he had been seen in public since 1958 - to be in charge, with Souphanouvong occupying a figurehead role.
		This is one of the main problems here: the old generation is still in power." Kaysone, a distinguished-looking man with a round, fleshy face and graying hair receding at the temples, lived in the same clandestine manner he developed in the caves of Sam Neua.
	www.angelfire.com /folk/laorevolution/forgotten_country.htm (4950 words)

	LOOT OF WAR
		Other underlings, such as Kaysone and Khamtay may have found euphoric ideological comfort in communism but were truly amateur politicians, limited in both education and experience.
		After the death of Kaysone, power was divided out among the surviving core members of the leadership.
		Kaysone’s wife became embroiled in scandalous accusations---unimaginable during the rule of her husband.
	freelao.tripod.com /id36.htm (2892 words)

	Laos: Angus Reid Global Monitor
		In 1975, Kaysone Phomvihane became prime minister of Laos, which was renamed the Lao Peoplesâs Democratic Republic.
		A new constitution was adopted in 1991, giving the country a unicameral parliament called the National Assembly, to which members are elected by secret ballot to five-year terms.
		Phomvihane became the president of the new government structure, while Khamtai Siphandon assumed the post of prime minister.
	www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/10939 (561 words)

	Laos RISE TO POWER
		During the nationalistic struggle that ensued, a split occurred between anti-western and royalist factions.
		On 15 August 1991, the National Assembly approved Khamtay Siphandone as the new prime minister, succeeding Kaysone Phomvihane, who then became the nation's president.
		In 1986, Kaysone introduced the New Economic Mechanism policy to allow free market forces to operate in the economy.
	www.nationsencyclopedia.com /World-Leaders-2003/Laos-RISE-TO-POWER.html (325 words)

	Laoplanet.net - Khamtai Siphandon (Site not responding. Last check: )
		On its takeover of the Laotian government in 1975 he became minister of defense, commander of the army, and a deputy prime minister.
		On the creation of a presidential republic in 1991 he became prime minister, succeeding party leader Kaysone Phomvihane, who became president.
		General Khamtai Siphandon became party leader on Kaysone's death, and later succeeded Nouhak Phoumsavanh as president.
	laoplanet.net /content/view/56/87 (103 words)

	Laotian Leader Honored in Cuba (Site not responding. Last check: )
		He described Kaysone Phomvihane as a symbol of his country's independence, freedom and democracy.
		The activity in Havana was held at the headquarters of the Organization of Solidarity with the Peoples of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL), where the life and struggle of the Laotian national hero was remembered with the participation of ambassadors and the diplomatic corps accredited in Cuba.
		Born on December 13, 1920, Kaysone Phomvihane, who passed away on November 21, 1992, founded the Communist Party of Laos in 1955 and was its general secretary until his death.
	www.trabajadores.cubaweb.cu /2005/diciembre/13_ingles/textos_y_fotos/laotian.htm (312 words)

	Asean Focus Group - Asian Analysis
		On 13 December 2003, the Lao PDR officially commemorated the 83rd birthday of the late revolutionary leader, Kaysone Phomvihane.
		For many years during the liberation struggle Kaysone remained a secretive figure largely unknown to the broader Lao public.
		Although elected General Secretary of the Lao communist party in 1955, it was the head of the Lao Patriotic Front, Prince Souphanouvong, who became the Â‘public faceÂ’ of the independence movement, allowing Kaysone to stay out of the political limelight for two decades.
	www.aseanfocus.com /asiananalysis/article.cfm?articleID=704 (744 words)

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		Laos became a People's Democratic Republic with Prince Souphanouvong as president and Kaysone Phomvihane as prime minister and communist party leader.
		Kaysone Phomvihane became president in 1991 and called for the faster replacement of agricultural co-operatives with private farms.
		A new constitution was endorsed by the supreme people's assembly in August and General Khamtay Siphandon, former vice-premier and defence minister, became prime minister.
	www.gaminggeeks.org /Resources/KateMonk/Orient/Indochina/Laos.htm (646 words)

	Inauguration du musée Kaysone Phomvihane (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Le Musée Kaysone Phomvihane a été mis en chantier en 1997 sur une superficie de plus de 10.000 m², avec un fonds initial de 7 millions de dollars dont 4 millions apportés par le gouvernement vietnamien.
		HANOI - Les communistes et le peuple vietnamiens gravent dans leur coeur l'image du Président Kaysone Phomvihane, ami fidèle, camarade et frère intime du Vietnam, souligne le quotidien Nhan Dan d'aujourd'hui dans son éditorial consacré à la célébration du 80e anniversaire de la naissance de l'ex-Président du Laos (13 décembre).
		Avec d'autres vétérans révolutionnaires du Parti populaire révolutionnaire lao (PPRL), souligne le journal, le Président Kaysone Phomvihane a créé le Front Lao Itsarra, édifié le PPRL, fondé et dirigé directement l'Armée populaire lao, établi l'Etat de la République démocratique populaire lao (RDPL).
	perso.numericable.fr /~patrickgu/cantho/infovn/kaysone.htm (222 words)

	Encyclopedie :: Kaysone Phomvihane (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Kaysone Phomvihane (Savannakhet, 13 december 1920-21 november 1992) was een Laotiaans communistisch politicus.
		Kaysone Phomvihane, 71, the president of Laos who had been the country's ruler since the Communist takeover in 1975, died Nov. 21.
		Andrew Nette Inter Press Service English News Wire 04-05-1996 VIENTIANE, Apr. 4 (IPS) -- It was from the caves in Laos' remote northeastern province of Houaphan that revolutionary leader Kaysone Phomvihane directed the war against the U.S.-sponsored Royalist regime during the 1960s and into the 1970s.
	www.encyclopedie.ws /Kaysone_Phomvihane (541 words)

	Laos: Former President Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial Museum Historic Area
		Situated around one kilometre from the Museum, the Former President Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial Museum Historic Area is located at Ban Sivilay within the compound of the Central Committee of the Lao People’s Revolutionary Party (LPRP), an area which functioned during the 1960s and early 1970s as the headquarters of USAID.
		After 1975 several US-built prefabricated wooden houses within this compound became the headquarters of the Politburo and Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihane lived and worked here from 1975 to 1978.
		From 1978 until his death in 1992 he and his family were provided with a house close to the Lao People’s Army Museum but he continued to work and occasionally stayed at Ban Sivilay.
	www.culturalprofiles.org.uk /laos/Units/985.html (322 words)

	Index Ka (Site not responding. Last check: )
		After the resumption of hostilities in 1964, he moved the Pathet Lao into caves in the northern mountains, withstanding U.S. carpet bombing of the area.
		After the disintegration of a short-lived, U.S.-backed postwar government in 1975, the 600-year-old monarchy was overthrown and Kaysone became prime minister of the newly created Lao People's Democratic Republic.
		Kaysone kept the country closely allied with Vietnam and isolated from Western influence.
	www.manic-raven.com /rulers/indexk1.html (14835 words)

	:: KPL :: Lao News Agency (Site not responding. Last check: )
		(KPL) The cerebration of the 10th anniversary of the foundation of Kaysone Phomvihane National Defence Academic Military and of the 86th Birthday anniversary of late President Kaysone Phomvihane took place yesterday at the military.
		“The late president Kaysone was national hero, who was founder of the party and army of Lao people and also founder of the Kommadam School in June 18, 1955, which is the basis of present Kaysone National Defence Military.”
		The participants also laid wreaths to the Statue of Late President Kaysone Phomvihane to commemorate to his works and contributions to the national defence and construction.
	www.kplnet.net /english/news/newsrecord/1412006/edn6.htm (205 words)

	Laos Bank Notes
		Front: Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), Prime Minister of Laos 1975-1991, President of Laos 1991-1992
		Phomvihane rose to become Head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and was eventually elected prime minister and president.
		Laos, formerly part of French Indo-China, became an independent republic in 1955.
	www.tomchao.com /as/as20c.html (114 words)

	The Land of Feeling Good -- Monday, Jul. 18, 1983 -- Page 2 -- TIME
		As a result, by 1979 nearly 14% of the population, or an estimated 400,000 people, had fled the country, most of them ending up in Thai refugee camps.
		Late that year, Premier Kaysone Phomvihane, now 58, apparently after consultation with Soviet advisers (who feared that Moscow would be forced into a large aid commitment if the situation deteriorated further), called for a dramatic change of course.
		Declared Kaysone: "It is inappropriate, indeed stupid, for any party to implement a policy of forbidding the people to exchange goods or carry out trading.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,950968-2,00.html (667 words)

	Lao Music dot NU - Nucleus of Lao Music - More experience, more confidence (Site not responding. Last check: )
		More than two hundred people gathered in front of the stage, waiting to see which team would be the winner of the final round.
		The contest was held to mark three historical days: the 30 th anniversary of Lao's national day, the 85th anniversary birthday of the late president Kaysone Phomvihane and the 57 th anniversary Lao Army's Day.
		This contest included Lao traditional dance, Lao song, Lao folk song, and international dance in which each team were from different years including the forth, fifth and sixth year.
	laomusic.nu /news/more-experience-more-confidence.html (420 words)

	General Information on Laos (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It took 20 years of struggle against US imperialism before the Lao people of all ethnic groups could rid themselves of the yoke of foreign domination, abolish backward feudalism, and proudly and gloriously establish a new regime - the regime of Lao people’s democracy on 2nd December 1975.
		Kaysone Phomvihane: Laos on the glorious path of the era (Neo Lao Hak Sat [Lao Patriotic Front] Publishing House) December 1974 Kaysone Phomvihane: some main lessons and some basic problems concerning the new directions and tasks of the Lao revolution (the Printing House of the Lao PDR, March 1979)
		Noticeably, part of the achievement was contributed by Kaysone Phomvihane, a respected leader of the Lao people.
	www.laoembassy.com /geninfolao.html (5465 words)

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