Resident Laotians

• Kouprasith Abhay
  Kouprasith Abhay
  General Kouprasith Abhay was a Laotian military and political figure from the Vietnam War .He was born into the privileged ruling family of Khong Island...
  
  
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• Boua
  Boua
  Boua was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1851 - 1852....
  
  
• Bounkhong
  Bounkhong
  Prince Bounkhong, the son of Prince Souvanna Phomma, was the last uparaja of Luang Phrabang. He was granted the title of Chao Ratsaphakhinay in 1884. From 1911 to 1920, he was a member of the Government Council of French Indochina....
  
  
• Bouasone Bouphavanh
  Bouasone Bouphavanh
  Bouasone Bouphavanh was Prime Minister of Laos from 2006 to 2010. He was officially appointed to the office by the National Assembly of Laos on June 8, 2006, during a major government reshuffle. He replaced Bounnhang Vorachith who became vice president. Bouasone had previously served as first...
  
  
• Laasaenthai Bouvanaat
  Laasaenthai Bouvanaat
  Laasaenthai Bouvanaat was the king of Lan Xang from 1485 until 1495. Succeeded his older brother King Suvarna BanlangLaasaenthai the six son of King Sai Tia Kaphut, Governor of Nongkai before his accession. Succeeded on the death of his childless elder brother, 1486. Crowned in 1491...
  
  
• General Cheng
  General Cheng
  General Cheng Sayavong is a general of the Lao People's Revolutionary Army and head of the Borisat Phattana Khed Phudoi or in English, the Mountainous Areas Development Company . He is one of the most powerful men in Laos, though he has not been known to dabble in national politics...
  
  
• Fa Khai
  Fa Khai
  Khai Bua Ban was a king of Lan Xang, ruling from 1433 until 1436.At the time of his succession, he was governor of Chiengkai. Khai Bua Ban's reign ended after princess Nang Keo Phim Fa ordered his death.-References:...
  
  
• Fa Ngum
  Fa Ngum
  Somdetch Brhat-Anya Fa Ladhuraniya Sri Sadhana Kanayudha Maharaja Brhat Rajadharana Sri Chudhana Negara better known as Fa Ngum established the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang in 1354....
  
  
• Fay Na
  Fay Na
  Fay Na was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1791-1811. He was promoted by King Rama I of Siam for the noble title "Phra Wichaiyaratkhattiyawongsa" ....
  
  
• Huy of Champasak
  Huy of Champasak
  Huy was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1826 - 1841....
  
  
• Sisavath Keobounphanh
  Sisavath Keobounphanh
  Sisavath Keobounphanh was Vice President of Laos from 1996 to 1998 and third Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Laos from 1998 to 2001...
  
  
• Kham Nai
  Kham Nai
  Kham Nai was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1856-1858....
  
  
• Kham Souk of Champasak
  Kham Souk of Champasak
  Kham Souk was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1863 - 1900....
  
  
• Kham-Oun I
  Kham-Oun I
  Queen Kham-Oun I is mother of Savang Vatthana. She died at the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang....
  
  
• Khamphoui
  Khamphoui
  Queen Khamphoui was born in Luang Phrabang, Laos on July 12, 1912. She is reported to have died in a re-education camp near Sop Hao on December 12, 1981. On August 7, 1930, she married King Savang Vatthana and they had seven children, Crown Prince Vong Savang, Prince Sisavang, Prince Savang, Prince...
  
  
• Khamtum
  Khamtum
  Khamtum was the fifth king of Lan Xang . His mother was Nang Keo Phimpha, sister of the late king, Samsenthai. Khamtum succeeded Phommathat, his second cousin, after his mother beheaded Phommathat. Before he was king he was Governor of Pak Houy Luang, so Khamtum was referred to as "King Pak Houy...
  
  
• Khun Lo
  Khun Lo
  Khun Lo was the eldest of the sons of Khun Borom, who had seven sons, and the first of the Lao kings. The royal families of Laos trace their lineage to him. He founded the city of Luang Prabang.He died in 780 and was succeeded by Khun Sung....
  
  
• Lan Kham Deng
  Lan Kham Deng
  Lan Kham Deng was the third king of the Lao state of Lan Xang. He was the oldest son of Samsenethai.During his reign, the king of Vietnam requested that Lan Kham Deng send some troops to help the Vietnamese fight off the Chinese, who were attacking them...
  
  
• Somsavat Lengsavad
  Somsavat Lengsavad
  Somsavat Lengsavad is a deputy prime minister of Laos. An ethnic Chinese, Chinese name: 凌绪光 , who hails from Luang Prabang with ancestry from Hainan, he was a protege of Kaysone Phomvihane....
  
  
• Manoi
  Manoi
  Manoi was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1813-1819....
  
  
• Meunsai
  Meunsai
  Meunsai was a king of the Lao kingdom of Lan Xang. He was the second son of Samsenethai and was Governor of Muang Kabong before becoming king. He earned the title King Meun Ban although he never used it. He ruled 6 months but Nang Keo Phimpha soon became dissatisfied with his performance as king...
  
  
• Nang Keo Phimpha
  Nang Keo Phimpha
  Nang Keo Phimpha was the sister of Samsenthai, a king of Lan Xang. After her nephew, the king, Lan Kham Deng died, she seized control of Lan Xang and the next four kings were under her control. She only reigned for a few months in 1438 at age of 95. She was deposed and killed....
  
  
• Nark of Champasak
  Nark of Champasak
  Nark was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1841 - 1851....
  
  
• No Muong
  No Muong
  No Muong was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak in 1811....
  
  
• Nokasad
  Nokasad
  Nokasad was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1713-1737....
  
  
• Ong Keo
  Ong Keo
  Ong Keo led the Khom to fight the French and Lao from 1901 to 1937. He was an Alak, born in Ban Paktai.His father was a village chief. Ong Keo moved rapidly up the leadership ladder because of his charisma and intelligence, and because he was fluent in Lao and Pali. He performed religious...
  
  
• Ong Kommandam
  Ong Kommandam
  Ong Kommandam was the right hand man of Ong Keo. He quickly picked up the struggle for independence with far greater success because he was able to unite the highland minorities of Southern Laos. In 1910, he was shot by French Résident Supérieur of Salavan, Jacques Dauplay, who had supposedly...
  
  
• Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh
  Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh
  Chamleunesouk Ao Oudomphonh is a Laotian athlete specializing in the 100 metres. He is 5'9" and approximately 143 lbs....
  
  
• Boun Oum
  Boun Oum
  Prince Boun Oum was the son of King Ratsadanay, and was the hereditary prince of Champassack and also Prime Minister of Laos.-Early life:...
  
  
• Oun Kham
  Oun Kham
  Oun Kham was King of Luang Prabang during 1872-1887 and a second time between 1889 and 1895. On 7 June 1887 the Lao royal capital was seized and sacked; the elderly ruler barely escaped with his life. Between his two ruling period he was exiled in Bangkok where he gave assistance to Auguste Pavie...
  
  
• Mam Manivan Phanivong
  Mam Manivan Phanivong
  Mam Manivan Phaninvong was born in Vientiane, Laos. She married King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia in 1949, becoming his sixth wife. They had two daughters, Princess Norodom Sujata and the Royal Princess Norodom Arunrasmy....
  
  
• Phia Sing
  Phia Sing
  Chaleunsilp Phia Sing was royal chef and master of ceremonies to the kings of Laos, and in this capacity he worked at the Royal Palace in Luang Prabang. He was also, according to Alan Davidson, "physician, architect, choreographer, sculptor, painter and poet"...
  
  
• Phommathat
  Phommathat
  Phommathat was the fourth king of Lan Xang . He was Lan Kham Deng's oldest son. He was king for only 10 months. He was beheaded by Nang Keo Phimpha, his paternal aunt, in her successful attempt to seize power. He was succeeded by Nang Keo Phimpha's son, Khamtum....
  
  
• Kaysone Phomvihane
  Kaysone Phomvihane
  Kaysone Phomvihane was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955, though Souphanouvong served in a figurehead role...
  
  
• Photisarath
  Photisarath
  Photisarath son of King Visunarat of Lanxang, is considered to be the most devout of the Lao kings, he banned spirit worship and built temples upon the sites of spirit shrines. His elephant fell and crushed him while he sought to display his prowess to the diplomatic corps...
  
  
• Souvanna Phouma
  Souvanna Phouma
  Prince Souvanna Phouma was the leader of the neutralist faction and prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times, from 1951–1952, 1956–1958, 1960 and 1962-1975.-Early life:...
  
  
• Nouhak Phoumsavanh
  Nouhak Phoumsavanh
  Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan was a longtime Pathet Lao revolutionary and communist party official who was President of Laos from 1992 to 1998....
  
  
• Phetsarath Rattanavongsa
  Phetsarath Rattanavongsa
  Prince Phetsarath Rattanavongsa was prime minister of Laos from 1942 to 1945, and was the first and last vice-king of the Kingdom of Laos.-Early life:Phetsarath was born on 19 January 1890 in Luang Prabang, the second son of...
  
  
• Ouane Rattikone
  Ouane Rattikone
  Ouane Rattikone , a Laotian general, was the commander-in-chief of the Force Armée Republic, the army of the Royal Lao Government, during the 1960s....
  
  
• Ratsadanay
  Ratsadanay
  King Ratsadanay was the last king of Champasak. He was the father of Boun Oum....
  
  
• Samsenethai
  Samsenethai
  Samsenethai was the second king of Lan Xang, the son of Fa Ngum, whom he succeeded.He ruled from 1372 until 1417. The origin of the name Samsenethai is thought to be a reflection of the political and social upheaval occurring within the area at the time of his rule...
  
  
• Thayavong Savang
  Thayavong Savang
  Prince Thayavong Savang is a surviving member of the now deposed royal family of the Kingdom of Laos. He was born at the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang, Laos...
  
  
• Vong Savang
  Vong Savang
  Crown Prince Vong Savang was born on September 27, 1931, at the Royal Palace Luang Prabang, Laos. His father was King Savang Vatthana and mother was Queen Khamphoui. He died at the hands of the communists in a so-called "seminar camp" in Laos on May 2, 1978...
  
  
• Sayakumane
  Sayakumane
  Sayakumane was king of the southern Laotian Kingdom of Champasak from 1737-1791....
  
  
• Choummaly Sayasone
  Choummaly Sayasone
  Lieutenant General Choummaly Sayasone is General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao People's Democratic Republic...
  
  
• Siluck Saysanasy
  Siluck Saysanasy
  Siluck Saysanasy is a Laotian-Canadian television actor.Saysanasy is best known for playing "Yick Yu", a character from the Degrassi series...
  
  
• Setthathirath
  Setthathirath
  Setthathirath is considered one of the great leaders in Lao history. Throughout 1560s up until his death, he successfully defended his kingdom of Lan Xang against military campaigns of Burmese conqueror Bayinnaung, who had already subdued Xieng Mai in 1558 and Ayutthaya in 1564...
  
  
• Khamtai Siphandon
  Khamtai Siphandon
  General Khamtai Siphandon is a Laotian politician who was President of Laos from February 24, 1998, until June 8, 2006, when he was officially replaced by Choummaly Sayasone....
  
  
• Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone
  Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone
  Phoutlamphay Thiamphasone is an athlete from Laos, who competes in archery.Phoutlamphay competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in men's individual archery. He was defeated in the first round of elimination, placing 64th overall....
  
  
• Thongloun Sisoulith
  Thongloun Sisoulith
  Thongloun Sisoulith is a Deputy Prime Minister of Laos, as well as the current Foreign Minister. He became Deputy Prime Minister and President of the State Planning Committee on March 27, 2001, and subsequently he was appointed as Foreign Minister on June 8, 2006, replacing Somsavat Lengsavad...
  
  
• Sompou
  Sompou
  Sompou was the king of Lan Xang from 1497 until 1500 AD.Succeeded on the death of his father King La Sen Thai Puvanart in 1495. Reigned under the regency of his uncle, Prince Laksana Vijaya Kumara [Louxé Phe Sai], until he came of age and assumed sovereign powers, 1497. Deposed by his uncle in 1500....
  
  
• Souphanouvong
  Souphanouvong
  Prince Souphanouvong was, along with his half-brother Prince Souvanna Phouma and Prince Boun Oum of Champasak, one of the “Three Princes” who represented respectively the communist , neutralist, and royalist political factions in Laos...
  
  
• Soutchay Thammasith
  Soutchay Thammasith
  Major General Soutchay Thammasith became the minister of security of Laos in 2002, replacing Asang Laoly. Before becoming the security minister, he was the vice minister of the interior. He retired on February 17, 2005, citing health reasons.-External links:...
  
  
• Mangkra Souvannaphouma
  Mangkra Souvannaphouma
  Prince Mangkra Souvannaphouma of the Kingdom of Laos is the son of Prince Khampeng Souvannaphouma.-Biography:Since 1975, he has been living in exile in Paris, France...
  
  
• Souvannarath
  Souvannarath
  Prince Souvannarath was the prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1947 – 1948. He was a son of Prince Bounkhong and half-brother to Princes Phetsarath, Souvanna Phouma and Souphanouvong.- References :...
  
  
• Savang Vatthana
  Savang Vatthana
  Savang or Sisavang Vatthana was the last king of the Kingdom of Laos. He ruled from 1959 after his father's death, until his forced abdication in 1975...
  
  
• Douangdeuane Viravongs
  Douangdeuane Viravongs
  Douangdeuane Viravongs, alias Dok Ked is a Laotian writer. She is the widow of Outhine Bounyavong and has written poems, several textiles books and novels and transcribed numerous traditional stories, of which the best-known is Kam Pha Phi Noi .-External links:*...
  
  
• Visunarat
  Visunarat
  Visunarat was the king of Lan Xang from 1500 until 1520.seventh son of King Sai Tia Kaphut, King of Lan Xang. Appointed as Governor of Vientiane 1480. Appointed as Chief Minister with the title of Phya Sena Muang in 1491 with the reign name of Visun . Served as Regent for his minor nephew,...
  
  
• Phoumi Vongvichit
  Phoumi Vongvichit
  Phoumi Vongvichit was a leading figure of the Pathet Lao and an elder statesman of the Lao People's Democratic Republic....
  
  
• Vilayphone Vongphachanh
  Vilayphone Vongphachanh
  Vilayphone Vongphachanh is a female Laotian Olympic freestyle swimmer.As a member of the Laos team she competed at the age of 15 in the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Women's 50m Freestyle...
  
  
• Bounnhang Vorachith
  Bounnhang Vorachith
  Bounnhang Vorachith is the vice president of Laos. He served as deputy prime minister from 1996 to 2001, and then was appointed prime minister. He became vice president on June 8, 2006 when Bouasone Bouphavanh was appointed prime minister.He is member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.-...
  
  
• Zakarine
  Zakarine
  King Zakarine, also known as Sakkarin, Sakharine, Sackarine, Zackarine, and Zacharine was the King of Luang Prabang from 1895 to 1904.-Early life:He was brought up in Luang...
  
  

Non-Resident Laotians