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Kou Abhay
Kou Abhay ( lo, ກຸ ອະໄພ; 7 December 1892 – 1 April 1964) was a Lao politician. He was governor of Champasak Province from 1941 to 1947, when he was appointed as the minister for education and health. In 1949, he was appointed the President of the Royal Council. He was appointed by the King of Laos as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 7 January 1960 to 3 June 1960. He was the older brother of Nhouy Abhay, who served as the National Education and Fine Arts Minister and was also the father of General Kouprasith Abhay (1932–2011) who launched a right-wing coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ... on 19 April 1964.Time Magazine Article published 3 February 1961 "Time for Poets" References 1892 births 1964 deaths Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kou Abhay
Kou Abhay ( lo, ກຸ ອະໄພ; 7 December 1892 – 1 April 1964) was a Lao politician. He was governor of Champasak Province from 1941 to 1947, when he was appointed as the minister for education and health. In 1949, he was appointed the President of the Royal Council. He was appointed by the King of Laos as the Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 7 January 1960 to 3 June 1960. He was the older brother of Nhouy Abhay, who served as the National Education and Fine Arts Minister and was also the father of General Kouprasith Abhay (1932–2011) who launched a right-wing coup d'état A coup d'état (; French for 'stroke of state'), also known as a coup or overthrow, is a seizure and removal of a government and its powers. Typically, it is an illegal seizure of power by a political faction, politician, cult, rebel group, m ... on 19 April 1964.Time Magazine Article published 3 February 1961 "Time for Poets" References 1892 births 1964 deaths Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Council (Laos)
The Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos was the bicameral legislature of the Kingdom of Laos from 1947 to 1975. It consisted of the National Assembly, whose members were popularly elected, and the Royal Council, whose members were appointed by the King or elected by the National Assembly. Inter-Parliamentary Union The last elections to the National Assembly took place in . Royal Council The Royal Council or King's Council, ''Thipuksa Phramahakaxat'', reviewed the legislations approved by the National Assembly. It had 12 appointed members. Six members were appointed by the |
King Of Laos
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is the modern state derived from the final Kingdom of Laos. The political source of Lao history and cultural identity is the Tai kingdom of Lan Xang, which during its apogee emerged as one of the largest kingdoms in Southeast Asia. Lao history is filled with frequent conflict and warfare, but infrequent scholarly attention. The resulting dates and references are approximate, and rely on source material from court chronicles which survived both war and neglect, or outside sources from competing neighboring kingdoms in what are now China, Vietnam, Burma, Thailand, and Cambodia. Lao kingship was based upon the mandala system established by the example of King Ashoka. In theory, Lao kings and their successors were chosen by agreement of the king's Sena (a council which could include senior royal family members, ministers, generals and senior members of the sangha or clergy), through the validity the king's lineage, and by personal Dharma throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prime Minister Of Laos
The Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, formerly the chairman of the Council of Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is the head of government of Laos. The highest position in the government, they direct the country's executive branch. The prime minister is accountable to the president, the National Assembly and the country's only legal party: the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). The current prime minister is Phankham Viphavanh, who was elected in 2021. The Kingdom of Luang Phrabang was the first Laotian state to establish the office of prime minister. The Constitution of the Kingdom of Laos, ratified in 1947, established the post of Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos. The kingdom was abolished on 2 December 1975, when the National Congress of People's Representatives established the Lao People's Democratic Republic. The congress established the office of prime minister, forming the First Government on that day. The Supre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Laos
The Kingdom of Laos was a landlocked country in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula. It was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. The country was governed as a constitutional monarchy that ruled Laos beginning with its independence on 9 November 1953. It survived until December 1975, when its last king, Sisavang Vatthana, surrendered the throne to the Pathet Lao during the civil war in Laos, who abolished the monarchy in favour of a Marxist–Leninist state called the Lao People's Democratic Republic, which has controlled Laos ever since. Given self-rule with the new Constitution in 1947 as part of the French Union and a federation with the rest of French Indochina, the 1953 Franco-Lao Treaty finally established a sovereign, independent Laos, but did not stipulate who would rule the country. In the years that followed, three groups led by the so-call ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kouprasith Abhay
Major-General Kouprasith Abhay ( lo, ກຸປຣະສິທທິ໌ ອະພັຍ; nicknamed 'Fat K'; 1926–1999?Stuart-Fox, pp. 169–170.) was a prominent military leader of the Kingdom of Laos during the Laotian Civil War. Scion of a socially prominent family, his military career was considerably aided by their influence. In early 1960, he was appointed to command of Military Region 5, which included Laos' capital city, Vientiane. Removed from that command on 14 December for duplicitous participation in the Battle of Vientiane, he was reappointed in October 1962. He would hold the post until 1 July 1971, thus controlling the troops in and around the capital. Over the years, he would be involved in one way or another in the coups of 1960, 1964,Conboy, Morrison, p. 107.Anthony, Sexton, pp. 98–99. 1965, 1966,Anthony, Sexton, pp. 206–209. and 1973.Conboy, Morrison, pp. 406–407. His service was marked by a deadly feud with another Laotian general, Thao Ma; the feud ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Right-wing Politics
Right-wing politics describes the range of political ideologies that view certain social orders and hierarchies as inevitable, natural, normal, or desirable, typically supporting this position on the basis of natural law, economics, authority, property or tradition.T. Alexander Smith, Raymond Tatalovich. ''Cultures at war: moral conflicts in western democracies''. Toronto, Canada: Broadview Press, Ltd, 2003. p. 30. "That viewpoint is held by contemporary sociologists, for whom 'right-wing movements' are conceptualized as 'social movements whose stated goals are to maintain structures of order, status, honor, or traditional social differences or values' as compared to left-wing movements which seek 'greater equality or political participation.' In other words, the sociological perspective sees preservationist politics as a right-wing attempt to defend privilege within the ''social hierarchy''."''Left and right: the significance of a political distinction'', Norberto Bobbio an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1964 Laotian Coups
The 1964 Laotian coups were two attempted coup d'etats against the Royal Lao Government. The 18 April 1964 coup was notable for being committed by the policemen of the Directorate of National Coordination. Although successful, it was overturned five days later by U.S. Ambassador Leonard Unger. In its wake, Neutralist Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma forged a fragile coalition with the Pathet Lao communists. On 4 August 1964, Defense Minister Phoumi Nosavan attempted to take over Vientiane with a training battalion. This coup was quickly crushed by the local Royal Lao Army troops, as the police sat out the conflict. The Pathet Lao left the coalition and repudiated Souvanna Phouma. Perforce he was driven to cooperate with the rightist Royalist politicians and military officers. None of the events affected the North Vietnamese usage of the Ho Chi Minh Trail to send troops into battle in South Vietnam. Overview The United States began bankrolling France's First Indochina War in 1950. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phoui Sananikone
Phoui Sananikone ( lo, ຜຸຍ ຊະນະນິກອນ; 6 September 1903, in Laos – 4 December 1983, in Paris) locally known as Phagna Houakhong () was a politician and served as Prime Minister of thKingdom of Laosfrom 1950 to 1951 and 1958 to 1959. Since entering government service he had held virtually every top position in the Lao cabinet. The majority of his work as politician concerned the independence and sovereignty of Laos in Southeast Asia, especially in regards of the western-oriented neutrality policy during the height of the Indochina Wars. Phoui Sananikone was born in Vientiane into one of the most prominent families in Laos, in a political, economic and social sense. He graduated from Auguste Pavie, Pavie College in 1923 before entered the colonial civil service as secretary in the ''Résidence supérieure'' in Laos. A remarkable career followed. After his outstanding performance, where he scored the highest mark in competitive tests similar to American civil s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somsanith Vongkotrattana
Prince Somsanith Vongkotrattana ( lo, ເຈົ້າສົມສນິດ ວົງກົຕຣັຕນະ; 19 April 1913 – 1975)Stuart-Fox, Martin; ''Historical Dictionary of Laos;'' Plymouth UK ²2008, was the Prime Minister of Laos in 1960. He was born in Luang Prabang, Laos. His mother, Sanghiemkham, was one of Prince Bounkhong daughters, married Souvannarath, would late become Prime Minister, making Prince Souvanna Phouma, Prince Souphanouvong, Prince Phetsarath and Prince Kindavong his step uncles. He was the minister of interior and justice in the Lao Issara government from 1945 to 1946, and followed the cabinet into exile in Thailand 1946-1949. Following his return to Laos, he was appointed as minister of finance (1959-1960) and minister of justice. He was appointed as Prime Minister of Laos by the king in June 1960, and his government was overthrown later in 1960. He was elected President of National Assembly In politics, a national assembly is either a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
