Background
Soulivong Savang was born at the Royal Palace in Luang Prabang to Crown Prince Vong Savang and Princess Mahneelai of the Kingdom of Laos.
Soulivong Savang was born at the Royal Palace in Luang Prabang to Crown Prince Vong Savang and Princess Mahneelai of the Kingdom of Laos.
Soulivong Savang attended the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France and also obtained a law degree.
Laos was a monarchy until 1975, when the communist Pathet Lao seized control of the nation, causing Savang Vatthana to abdicate his throne. Soulivong Savang lives in self-imposed exile in Paris. He has been working to bring about the return of a monarchy as well as "social and charitable reforms" to Laos.
A Royal Lao Government in Exile exists.
Over five hundred Lao exiles and representatives of the Hmong, Kmu, Mien, Thaidam and all ethnic minority community attended. This conference established the Lao Representative Abroad Council.
On September 19, 1999, a second conference was held in Montreal, Canada, to follow up the progress of LRAC work and focus on non-profit organizations to support the local and worldwide community through community development, social services, education and job development, promoting cultural activity. Soulivong capitalized on the rise in royalist sentiment in neighboring Thailand.
On November 10, 2007, the Prince married Princess Chansouk Soukthala.
The ceremony, which took place in Canada, was attended by 800 guests.
After the communist revolution, some members of the royal family were placed in re-education camps where they reportedly died, although Prince Souphanouvong later became Prime Minister of the newly established republic.
