People of the Revolution and the USSR

Activity(set)
Affiliation(set)

Most people

All 148 affiliations

Afghanistan

Albania

Angola

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Belgium

Brazil

Bulgaria

Cambodia

Chile

China

Congo - Brazzaville

Cuba

Czechoslovakia

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

DR Congo

East Germany

Estonia

Ethiopia

Finland

France

Georgia

Germany

Greece

Grenada

Guinea-Bissau

Hungary

India

Indonesia

International organizations

Italy

Japan

Kazakhstan

Laos

Latvia

Lithuania

Mongolia

Mozambique

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Russia

South Africa

South Korea

Soviet Union

Spain

Turkey

Ukraine

United Kingdom

United States

Vietnam

Yemen

Yugoslavia

Position
Citizenship
Background
Era

Kaysone Phomvihane

ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ
Laos Communism Laos Laos (Lao–Vietnamese background) 1920–1992

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