The Peace and Neutrality Party ( lo, ສັນຕິພາບເປັນກາງ, Santiphab Pen Kang) was a political party in

Laos Laos (, ''Lāo'' )), officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic ( Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ, French: République démocratique populaire lao), is a socialist ...

History

The party was established by

Quinim Pholsena Quinim Pholsena (18 November 1915 – 1 April 1963) was a leftist minister and the Foreign Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1962 to 1963, under Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma. Early life Pholsena was born 18 November 1915, Pakse, Champasak ...

in 1956 after he was expelled from the National Progressive Party.Haruhiro Fukui (1985) ''Political parties of Asia and the Pacific'', Greenwood Press, pp697–698 In the supplementary elections in 1958 it won four seats after campaigning alongside the Lao Patriotic Front. The electoral law was amended prior to the 1960 elections, introducing a requirement for candidates to have a degree. This disqualified most of the party's leadership and it failed to win a seat.

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