Zong Zoua Her (alternate spelling Tsong Zua Heu; RPA: ''Zoov Zuag Hawj'' , Pahawh: ) was an ethnic Hmong. He was a Major in the Royal Lao Army before 1975. He was a key follower of Shong Lue Yang, also known as the "Mother of Writing", who developed the script called

Pahawh Hmong Pahawh Hmong ( RPA: Phaj hauj Hmoob , Pahawh: ; known also as ''Ntawv Pahawh, Ntawv Keeb, Ntawv Caub Fab, Ntawv Soob Lwj'') is an indigenous semi-syllabic script, invented in 1959 by Shong Lue Yang, to write two Hmong languages, Hmong Daw ''( ...

. After 1975, he was the main early leader of the

Hmong Hmong may refer to: * Hmong people, an ethnic group living mainly in Southwest China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand * Hmong cuisine * Hmong customs and culture ** Hmong music ** Hmong textile art * Hmong language, a continuum of closely related to ...

ChaoFa movement in Laos, until dying in his base area on Phou Bia Mountain in around 2000. In the late 1970s he worked closely with

Pa Kao Her Pa Kao Her ( RPA: ''Paj Kaub Hawj'' , Pahawh: ) was an ethnic Hmong born in Nong Het District, Xieng Khouang Province, northern Laos, near the border with Vietnam. He was one of the first followers of his cousin, Shong Lue Yang, also known as ...

, who later became the President of the Ethnic Liberation Organization of Laos (ELOL), which eventually became the ChaoFa Democratic Party.

was assassinated in Chiang Rai,

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, in 2002.

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