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Kaysone Phomvihane

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Lao revolution and economic reform

In December 1975 he proclaimed the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic before the National Congress of People's Representatives.

Lao People’s Revolutionary Party leader and prime minister after the republic’s establishment in 1975. He maintained close Vietnamese ties and led state reorganization and market-oriented reforms in the 1980s. He became president in 1991.

Career timeline
  • 1942Joined the Indochinese Communist Party
  • 1947Led resistance in northeastern Laos, organized armed forces
  • 1949Founded the Lao People's Liberation Army
  • 1950Minister of Defense of the Resistance Government
  • 1955General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
  • 1975First Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
  • 1986Announced the 'new economic mechanism' (chin thanakan mai) reforms
  • 1991President