Kindavong

Prince Kindavong was a Laotian prince and the younger half-brother of Phetsarath Ratanavongsa. During World War II he was secretly sent by King Sisavang Vong to represent Laos to the Allied forces following the Japanese occupation of Laos and the royal capital at Luang Prabang on 7 April 1945.^[1] He later became the second Prime Minister of Laos.

References

↑ U.S. Library of Congress Country Case Study, Laos, Events in 1945, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field%28DOCID+la0026%29

Political offices
Preceded by Phaya Khammao	Prime Minister of Laos 1946-1947	Succeeded by Souvannarath

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 Thongloun Sisoulith (Designate)

† military

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