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Kaysone Phomvihane

1920 - 1992

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Kaysone Phomvihane (Kraisorn Brahmavihara; Lao: ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ, pronounced [kàj.sɔ̌ːn pʰóm.wī(ʔ).hǎːn]; 13 December 1920 – 21 November 1992) was the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists seized power in the wake of the Laotian Civil War, he was the de facto leader of Laos from 1975 until his death. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second President from 1991 to 1992. His theories and policies are officially known as Kaysone Phomvihane Thought. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kaysone Phomvihane is the 3,300th most popular politician (down from 2,916th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Vietnam (up from 15th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Vietnamese Politician.

Kaysone Phomvihane is most famous for being the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and the Prime Minister of Laos from 1975 to 1991.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Kaysone Phomvihane ranks 3,300 out of 19,576. Before him are Chaghri Beg, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, Joan II, Countess of Burgundy, Menkauhor Kaiu, Emperor Shenzong of Song, and Shallum of Israel. After him are Sergio Osmeña, Aybak, Yahya Sinwar, Francisco Macías Nguema, Louis Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, and Pujie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Kaysone Phomvihane ranks 52. Before him are Ben Ferencz, Baruj Benacerraf, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Robert Whittaker, Lawrence Klein, and Ravi Shankar. After him are Sergei Bondarchuk, Mickey Rooney, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli, Gunnar Gren, Michèle Morgan, and Alberto Sordi. Among people deceased in 1992, Kaysone Phomvihane ranks 34. Before him are Nureddin al-Atassi, David Bohm, Algirdas Julien Greimas, Peyo, Günther Anders, and John G. Kemeny. After him are Samuel Reshevsky, Takeshi Inoue, César Manrique, Grand Duke Vladimir Kirillovich of Russia, Denny Hulme, and Mohamed Boudiaf.

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In Vietnam

Among people born in Vietnam, Kaysone Phomvihane ranks 12 out of 136. Before him are Marguerite Duras (1914), Amanda Lear (1939), Bảo Đại (1913), Lê Đức Thọ (1911), Lady Sun (192), and Ieng Sary (1925). After him are Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Jonathan Ke Quan (1971), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), and Ngô Đình Thục (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In Vietnam

Among politicians born in Vietnam, Kaysone Phomvihane ranks 6. Before him are Ho Chi Minh (1890), Ngo Dinh Diem (1901), Bảo Đại (1913), Lady Sun (192), and Ieng Sary (1925). After him are Nguyễn Văn Thiệu (1923), Nguyễn Phú Trọng (1944), Lê Duẩn (1907), Dương Văn Minh (1916), Hanoi Hannah (1931), and Gia Long (1762).

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