Background
PHOMVIHANE, Kaysone was born in 1920 in Savannakhet-Province.
PHOMVIHANE, Kaysone was born in 1920 in Savannakhet-Province.
University of Hanoi.
Joined Free Lao Front (Neo Lao Issara) nationalist movement in exile in Bangkok 1945. Attended first resistance congress. Minister of Defence in Free Lao Front resistance Government 1950.
Commander in Chief of Pathet Lao forces 1954-1957.
Chairman 1959, Vice-Chair, of Central Committee 1964. Prime Minister of Laos December since 1975.
General Secretary Central Committee Lao People"s Revolutionary Party.
People"s Party of Laos 1955. Lao Patriotic Front (Neo Lao Hak Sat) 1956.