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Phoumi Vongvichit (Phumi Wongwichit; Lao: ພູມີ ວົງວິຈິດ; 6
April 1909 – 7
January 1994) was a
leading figure of the
Pathet Lao and an
elder statesman of...
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Major General Phoumi Nosavan (Lao: ພູມີ ຫນໍ່ສວັນ; 27
January 1920 – 3
November 1985) was a
Laotian military officer who
served as the
military strongman...
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brought about a
pivotal change of
government in the
Kingdom of Laos.
General Phoumi Nosavan established himself as the
strongman running Laos in a bloodless...
- to whom he
would back to
counter the coup. The
front runner was
General Phoumi Nosavan,
first cousins with the
prime minister of Thailand,
Field Marshal...
- Once
ousted by the U.S.-backed 14
December 1960
countercoup by
General Phoumi Nosavan, Kong Le and his
fellow putschist officers retreated to the strategic...
- People's
Democratic Republic, a
position he held
until 1991.
After 1986,
Phoumi Vongvichit acted in his
stead as president,
though Souphanouvong still retained...
- Key
Pathet Lao
leaders include Prince Souphanouvong,
Kaysone Phomvihane,
Phoumi Vongvichit,
Nouhak Phoumsavanh and
Khamtay Siphandone. The
political wing...
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remark to
Phoumi Nosavan that he was
stupidly self-destructive was one of his
kinder statements.
Shortly afterwards, on May 6, 1962,
Phoumi Nosavan led...
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Laotian communists, led by Phetsarath, Souphanouvong,
Kaysone Phomvihane,
Phoumi Vongvichit. Lao
Issara received training and
support from Việt Minh. Under...
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simultaneous coups that
struck the
Kingdom of Laos in
January 1965.
General Phoumi Nosavan, a parti****nt in four
prior coups, had been
deprived of
troop command...
