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Born December 13, 1920 • Laos
Died November 21, 1992 (aged 71) • Vientiane • Laos
Title / Office president (1991-1992), Laos • prime minister (1975-1991), Laos
Political Affiliation Indochinese Communist Party • Lao People’s Revolutionary Party
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Siribunyasan
king of Vientiane
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Souphanouvong
president of Laos
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Katay Don Sasorith
prime minister of Laos
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Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa
Laotian political leader
Souvanna Phouma
Souvanna Phouma
prime minister of Laos
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Prince Boun Oum
Laotian politician
Pavie, Auguste
Auguste Pavie
French explorer
Ho Chi Minh, president of North Vietnam, with a long white beard and mustache, wearing a dark jacket, seated and looking to the side in a 1957 black-and-white portrait.
Ho Chi Minh
president of North Vietnam
Vietnamese General Vo Nguyen Giap in full military uniform with medals and a peaked cap, photographed in 1968.
Vo Nguyen Giap
Vietnamese general
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Truong Chinh
Vietnamese scholar and statesman
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Le Duan
Vietnamese politician
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Pham Hung
prime minister of Vietnam
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Fa Ngum
king of Lan Xang
Anu, Chao
Chao Anu
king of Vientiane
Oun Kham
Oun Kham
ruler of Luang Prabang
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Chanthakuman
king of Luang Prabang
Setthathirat I
Setthathirat I
king of Lan Xang
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Sai Ong Hue
king of Lan Xang
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Photisarath
king of Lan Xang
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Sam Saen Thai
king of Lan Xang