Faydang Lobliayao
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Faydang Lobliayao
Faydang Lobliayao was a politician in LaosLaos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
who was the son of Kiatong Lobliayao (Kiabtoom Lauj Npliaj Yob). He felt that the leadership position of Tasseng (Tojxeem) should be passed from his father to him; but instead it was passed to Lyfoung and down to Touby Lyfoung
Touby Lyfoung
Touby Lyfoung was a Hmong political and military leader. Born in 1917 in Nong Het, Laos, he became the first Hmong politician to achieve national prominence...
. He petitioned the colonial French government for the position but was denied. He and his fellow clansmen aided the Japanese
Empire of Japan
The Empire of Japan is the name of the state of Japan that existed from the Meiji Restoration on 3 January 1868 to the enactment of the post-World War II Constitution of...
in their occupation of Indochina
Indochina
The Indochinese peninsula, is a region in Southeast Asia. It lies roughly southwest of China, and east of India. The name has its origins in the French, Indochine, as a combination of the names of "China" and "India", and was adopted when French colonizers in Vietnam began expanding their territory...
. As late as 1947, he made contact with the Lao Issara
Lao Issara
The Lao Issara was an anti-French, non-communist nationalist movement formed in 1945 by Prince Phetsarath. This short-lived movement emerged after the Japanese defeat in World War II and became the government of Laos before the return of the French. It aimed to prevent the French from restoring...
, most notably Prince Souphanouvong. He became Vice-President of the Neo Lao Hak Sat, though his power is more ceremonial than real.