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Phoumi was nominated both Secretary-General of the Front, and Minister of the Interior and Deputy Prime Minister in the Pathet Lao Resistance government that the Front established in opposition to the Royal Lao government in Vientiane.
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During his years as prime minister Sarit was a patron of the Lao strongman General Phoumi Nosavan against the communist Pathet Lao guerrillas in the neighboring Kingdom of Laos.
Phoumi Nosavan (; ) ( 1920-1985 ) was a Lao military and political figure of the Vietnam War ( Second Indochina War ).
In 1961, John F. Kennedy's administration opted for a neutralist coalition rather than risk an armed confrontation with the Russians over Laos, and Phoumi was ordered to merge his right-wing government into a tripartite coalition under the leadership of Souvanna Phouma.
Phoumi Vongvichit ( April 6, 1909 – 7 January, 1994 ) was a leading figure of the Pathet Lao and an elder statesman of the Lao People's Democratic Republic.
In 1946, after the French reasserted their authority in Laos, Phoumi made his way to northern Thailand where for the next three years he was active in the Lao Issara.
At the end of 1949, having refused to accept the offer of amnesty upon dissolution of the Lao Issara government-in-exile in Thailand, Phoumi was one of the handful of Lao who joined Souphanouvong in northern Vietnam.
In March 1955, Phoumi was one of the founding members of the Lao People's Party and was elected to its Political Bureau.
In the supplementary elections of May 1958, Phoumi was elected to the National Assembly to serve as a deputy for Luang Prabang.
After the Battle of Vientiane in December 1960 and the subsequent retreat of Neutralist forces to the Plain of Jars, Phoumi was instrumental in arranging for Pathet Lao-Neutralist collaboration.
After formation of the Lao People's Democratic Republic in December 1975, Phoumi was named Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Sport and Religious Affairs.
In 1986, when Souphanouvong was forced to step down from the Presidency for reasons of health, Phoumi was named Acting President of the LPDR and Chairman of the Lao Front for National Construction.
He was one of the eight founders of the organization in 1981, along with Prince Sisouk na Champassak, General Phoumi Nosavan and General Kouprasith Abhay.
The front runner was General Phoumi Nosavan, first cousins with the prime minister of Thailand, Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat.
Phoumi and both
The Resistance government gained no international recognition, but Phoumi nominally retained both positions until the Geneva Agreements of 1954 brought the First Indochina War to an end.
Phoumi and Minister
These opened the way for formation of the First Coalition government in which Phoumi served as Minister of Religion and Fine Arts.
Phoumi and Pathet
Another Pathet Lao leader, Phoumi Vongvichit, also acquired a Ministry.
After the Pathet Lao communists gained control of Laos in 1975, Phoumi became involved in anti-communist resistance ( Kou Xat in Lao ) activities against the Lao government.
Key Pathet Lao leaders include Prince Souphanouvong, Kaysone Phomvihane, Phoumi Vongvichit, Nouhak Phoumsavanh and Khamtay Siphandone.
In 1954 and 1955, Phoumi led Pathet Lao delegations in negotiations with the Royal Lao government over reintegration of the provinces of Phong Saly and Houaphan.
In 1964, after a series of political assassinations, Phoumi left Vientiane with other Pathet Lao ministers.
For the next ten years, Phoumi alternated between living in the limestone caverns of Viengxay and leading various Pathet Lao delegations to international communist gatherings.
Phoumi proceeded to attack Vientiane, weakened by a Thai blockade, on September 18 but the neutralists with the help of the Pathet Lao and the Soviet Union, repulsed the attack.
The Pathet Lao and neutralist-leftists attacked the Plain of Jars but Kong Le now allied with Phoumi, repulsed the attack.
Phoumi and Lao
The following month, Phoumi cooperated with Free French forces when they briefly seized the town of Sam Neua, but subsequently he joined the anti-colonialist Lao Issara movement and worked closely with the Viet Minh to oppose the return of French authority in Indochina.
) From this time, Phoumi took a lively interest in the Buddhist Sangha, recognizing its potential as a propaganda organ for opposition to the Americanization of Lao society, but also as a vehicle for the propagation of Lao cultural values.
Phoumi and government
Backed by the CIA and the Programs Evaluation Office, Phoumi, then a colonel, became a cabinet minister in the right-wing government of the Kingdom of Laos in February 1959 and a general several months later.
Phoumi and Vientiane
On December 13, Phoumi began the Battle of Vientiane and victorious, installed Boun Oum as premier.
In 1956, Phoumi continued to be involved in negotiations over integration which eventuated in the signing of a series of agreements, known as the Vientiane Agreements, the following year.
A few days later Phoumi took Vientiane and installed Boun Oum ( Boun Om's brother ) as premier.
General Phoumi Nosavan, stated on 10 August that he planned to retake Vientiane by force.
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After 1986, Phoumi Vongvichit Succeeded as president, Kaysone Phomvihane succeeded as president in 1991.
Though Phoumi yielded some of his political power, he demanded economic concessions to make up for it.
Supported by Phoui Sananikone, General Phoumi Nosavan and the Hmong Leader, General Vang Pao.
In the political crisis that followed the electoral success of the left, Phoumi lost his ministry.
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He laughed at a story that he planned to bolt the party if he was not nominated.
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