Phaya Khammao Vilay ( lo, ພະຍາ ຄຳມ້າວ ວິໄລ, 1892 – 1965)
was a
Lao politician. He was born in
Luang Prabang
Luang Phabang, ( Lao: ຫລວງພະບາງ/ ຫຼວງພະບາງ) or ''Louangphabang'' (pronounced ), commonly transliterated into Western languages from the pre-1975 Lao spelling ຫຼວງພຣະບາງ (ຣ = silent r) ...
, and was educated in France, and eventually in 1917 joined the French colonial administrator in Laos. He was appointed as governor of
Viang Chan from 1941 to 1945.
He was one of the big contributors for funding
Lao Issara
The Lao Issara ( lo, ລາວອິດສະລະ ) was an anti-French, nationalist movement formed on 12 October 1945 by Prince Phetsarath. This short-lived movement emerged after the Japanese defeat in World War II and became the government ...
in the cause of fighting for independent from France.
He headed the
Lao Issara
The Lao Issara ( lo, ລາວອິດສະລະ ) was an anti-French, nationalist movement formed on 12 October 1945 by Prince Phetsarath. This short-lived movement emerged after the Japanese defeat in World War II and became the government ...
government formed in October 1945, serving under
Phetsarath Ratanavongsa
Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (''Somdej Chao Maha Uparaja Petsaraj Ratanavongsa ''( lo, ສົມເດັຈເຈົ້າ ມຫາ ອຸປຣາຊ ເພັຊຣາຊ ຣັຕນວົງສາ) (19 January 1890 – 14 October 1959 ...
as Head of State,
and followed the government into exile. Following the signing of Franco–Lao general convention in 1949, Khammao returned to
French protectorate of Laos, and was appointed as minister of justice and health in 1950.
In 1955, he was appointed the President of the
Royal Council.
References
1892 births
1965 deaths
Prime Ministers of Laos
People from Luang Prabang
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