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Laotian political leader and revolutionary who was a communist leader from and, following the overthrow of the year-old monarchy (), ruler of Laos....
Kaysone Phomvihane
Lao politician, communist leader (1920–1992)
Kaysone Phomvihane (Lao: ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ, pronounced[kàj.sɔ̌ːnpʰóm.wī(ʔ).hǎːn];[1] 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.
A revolutionary career spanning nearly five decades, Kaysone Phomvihane is one of the only Communist leaders in history to have both led a successful revolution.
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.
Biography
Kaysone was born Nguyễn[citation needed] Cai Song[2] (although he also used the name Nguyễn Trí Mưu for a short period in the 1930s) in Na Seng village, Khanthabouli district, French Indochina (now Kaysone Phomvihane District, Savannakhet Province, Laos).
His father, Nguyễn