Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Nouhak Phoumsavanh | |
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ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ | |
Khamtai Siphandon | |
Prime Minister | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Minister of Finance | |
1st term | |
In office 2 December 1975 – 1983 | |
Prime Minister | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Preceded by | Post established |
Succeeded by | Yao Phonvantha |
Head of the LPRP Central Committee Organisation Commission | |
1st term | |
In office 1964–1972 | |
General Secretary | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Preceded by | Sisomphone Lovansay |
Succeeded by | Sisomphone Lovansay |
Personal details | |
Born | Siam | 9 April 1910
Died | 9 September 2008 Vientiane, Laos | (aged 98)
Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (Lao: ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ; Thai: หนูฮัก พูมสะหวัน; 9 April 1910[1]– 9 September 2008) was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who was the 3rd President of Laos from 1992 to 1998.[2]
Life and career
Nouhak was born in
Nouhak was subsequently the secretary of the Lao People's Party cell in
When the Pathet Lao took power in December 1975,
Despite the presidency's executive powers, Prime Minister
Nouhak remained on the Central Committee and Politburo of the LPRP until the party's
In 2011, a memorial honoring him was erected at his birthplace in Mukdahan Province.[8]
References
- ^ "ທ່ານ ໜູຮັກ ພູມສະຫວັນ". ເວັບໄຊທ໌ຫ້ອງວ່າການປະທານປະເທດ. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Lao former president Nouhak Phoumsavanh dies at 94", DPA, September 10, 2008.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Biography of Comrade Nouhak Phoumsavanh" Archived 2008-08-28 at the Wayback Machine, Lao News Agency.
- ^ Speakers
- ^ a b c "Former President Nouhak Phoumsavanh passes away", Lao News Agency.
- ^ "Nouhak Phoumsavanh, Former President of Laos, Dies at 98". The New York Times. 12 September 2008.
- ^ "National mourning for Mr. Nouhak Phoumsavah", Lao News Agency.
- ^ "ลาวข้ามโขงสร้างอนุสรณ์ "หนูฮัก พูมสะหวัน" ในมุกดาหารบ้านเกิด". MGR Online. 2011-09-07. Retrieved 2024-02-25.