Prince Sisouk na Champassak ( lo, ເຈົ້າ ສີສຸກ ນະ ຈໍາປາສັກ; 28 March 1928 in

Pakse Pakse (or ''Pakxe''; French: ''Paksé''; Laotian: ປາກເຊ 'mouth of the river'; th, ปากเซ) is the capital and most populous city of the southern Laotian province of Champasak, and the second most populous city in Laos. Loc ...

, Champassak,

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

– 10 May 1985 in

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) was the eldest son of Chao Bounsouane na Champassak, who was in turn the eldest son of the last King of Champassak, Chao

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. His brother is Chao Sisanga Na Champassak. Sisouk was a member of the

Na Champassak The House of Champassak or the Na Champassak family ( lo, ນະ ຈຳປາສັກ; th, ณ จัมปาศักดิ์, ) was an important Lao royal house, descendants of Chao Yuttithammathon (Kham Souk), the 11th King of the Kingdom ...

royal family or house. He served as Secretary General of the Royal Government in the

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. He is the author of Storm over Laos, a history of

from

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until about 1961.''Storm over Laos: A contemporary history''
New York: Praeger, 1961. OCLC 186768936 He served as

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from 1965 to 1974 in

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. He also served as Minister of Defence before 1975. After fleeing Laos in May 1975, as the country fell to the

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, he emigrated first to

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. In 1981, he became a key political leader of the resistance against the communist Lao PDR government, together with General

Vang Pao Vang Pao ( RPA: ''Vaj Pov'' , Lao: ວັງປາວ; 8 December 1929 – 6 January 2011) was a major general in the Royal Lao Army. He was a leader of the Hmong American community in the United States. He was also known as General Vang P ...

. He died in Vang Pao's house in Santa Ana, California, United States.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Champassak, Sisouk na 1928 births 1985 deaths Laotian princes Laotian anti-communists Laotian politicians Laotian exiles Laotian emigrants to the United States Finance Ministers of Laos Defense Ministers of Laos People from Champasak province