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Nouhak Phoumsavan

Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (born April 9, 1914) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who succeeded Kaysone Phomvihane as president of Laos on the latter's death in November 1992. Events 193 - Septimius Severus is proclaimed Roman Emperor by the army in Illyricum (in the Balkans) Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year The Pathet Lao ( Lao ປະເທດລາວ, "Land of Laos" was a communist, Nationalist Political movement and A revolution (from the Latin revolutio, "a turnaround" is a fundamental change in power or organizational structures that takes place in a relatively A Political party described as a communist party includes those that advocate the application of the social principles of Communism through a communist form of Kaysone Phomvihane ( December 13, 1920 &ndash November 21, 1992) was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 though Laos (ˈlɑːoʊs or /ˈlaʊs/ officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a Landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma He had been First Deputy Prime Minister when Kaysone was Prime Minister until 1991. This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation.

Though the presidency had become an executive position, prime minister Khamtai Siphandon had taken the country's most powerful position, leadership of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and when he decided to move from prime minister to president in 1998, Nouhak Phoumsavanh, by then one of the oldest heads of state in the world, retired. General Khamtai Siphandon (born February 8, 1924) is the former President of Laos. The Lao People's Revolutionary Party ( Laotian: ພັກປະຊາຊົນປະຕິວັດລາວ) is the Communist Party of Laos.

ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ
Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao
Lao People's Democratic Republic

Preceded by Kaysone Phomvihane	President of Laos 1992-1998	Succeeded by Khamtai Siphandon

Kaysone Phomvihane ( December 13, 1920 &ndash November 21, 1992) was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 though The office of the President of Laos was created in 1975 after the takeover of the country by the Pathet Lao, which abolished the monarchy. General Khamtai Siphandon (born February 8, 1924) is the former President of Laos.

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