Phoui Sananikone

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Phoui Sananikone ຜຸຍ ຊະນະນິກອນ
In office 24 February 1950 – 15 October 1951
Preceded by	Prince Boun Oum
Succeeded by	Crown Prince Savang Vatthana
In office 17 August 1958 – 31 December 1959
Preceded by	Prince Souvanna Phouma
Succeeded by	Sounthone Pathammavong
Personal details
Born	1903
Died	4 December 1983 Paris
Political party	Neutralist
Profession	Prime Minister
Religion	Buddhism

Phoui Sananikone (1903 – 4 December 1983 in Paris) was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos on two occasions in 1950 to 1951 and again from 1958 to 1959, and also served as Foreign Minister on multiple occasions.

Early life

Born in 1903, he was part of the Sananikone's, a powerful Laotian aristocratic family.

Prime Ministership

Souvanna Phouma lost a vote of confidence in the National Assembly and was forced to resign. Phoui succeeded Souvanna Phouma, and formed a new cabinet with the support of Committee for the Defence of the National Interests (CDNI) members. The Pathet Lao were no longer represented in the new pro-American government. After taking up office, Sananikone and his ministers shifted Lao policy to the right, dissolved the National Assembly, and denounced the 1954 Geneva truce. Attempts were also made to disperse and neutralize Pathet Lao soldiers who had been integrated into the Royal Lao Army (RLA) a few months earlier. He resigned under right-wing military pressure and handed all power to General Phoumi Nosavan, the head of the RLA.

Later life

He remained part of the political scene as Speaker of the National Assembly until 1974. In May 1975 he left for France after the communist takeover. In September that year was sentenced to death in his absence. He died in Paris, aged 80.^[1]

References

↑ http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/12/obituaries/phoui-sananikone-dies-at-80-an-ex-prime-minister-of-laos.html

New York Times obituary published December 12, 1983
Gary Y. Lee, REFUGEES FROM LAOS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CAUSES, 1990

Preceded by Boun Oum	Prime Minister of Laos 1950-1951	Succeeded by Savang Vatthana

Preceded by Souvanna Phouma	Prime Minister of Laos 1958-1959	Succeeded by Sounthone Pathammavong

v t e Prime Ministers of Laos

Kingdom of Laos (1945–1975)	Phaya Khammao Kindavong Souvannarath Boun Oum Phoui Sananikone Savang Vatthana Souvanna Phouma Katay Don Sasorith Souvanna Phouma Phoui Sananikone Sounthone Pathammavong† Kouprasith Abhay Somsanith Vongkotrattana Souvanna Phouma Boun Oum Souvanna Phouma

Lao People's Democratic Republic (1975–)	Kaysone Phomvihane Khamtai Siphandon Sisavath Keobounphanh Bounnhang Vorachith Bouasone Bouphavanh Thongsing Thammavong

† military

Persondata
Name	Sananikone, Phoui
Alternative names
Short description	Prime Minister of Laos
Date of birth	1903
Place of birth
Date of death	4 December 1983
Place of death	Paris

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