| Kaysone Phomvihane Born: 13-Dec-1920
Birthplace: Na Seng, Laos
Died: 21-Nov-1992
Location of death: Vientiane, Laos
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: Asian
Occupation: Head of State Nationality: Laos
Executive summary: Laotian president, prime minister Dropped out of law school to fight the French colonialists in Vietnam. Sometime later Phomvihane was sent home to Laos to join the Pathet Lao, which was also fighting the French.
Some years later, Phomvihane headed the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and was eventually elected prime minister (1975-91) and president (1991-92).
Law School: Hanoi University, Hanoi, Vietnam
President of Laos
Prime Minister of Laos
Laotian Ancestry Maternal
Vietnamese Ancestry Paternal
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