Lieutenant general Douangchay Phichit (; 5 April 1944 – 17 May 2014) was a Laotian politician from

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member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (from the 7th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party until his death).Cable: 06VIENTIANE306
/ref> He served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense. On 17 May 2014, Phichit and his wife, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Thanda Phichit, died when the plane he was traveling on crashed in northern Laos.

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