Khamtai Siphandone
Khamtai Siphandone | |
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ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ | |
Siphandone in 2004 | |
| Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party | |
| In office 24 November 1992 – 21 March 2006 | |
| Preceded by | Kaysone Phomvihane |
| Succeeded by | Choummaly Sayasone (as General Secretary) |
| 4th President of Laos | |
| In office 24 February 1998 – 8 June 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | |
| Vice President |
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| Preceded by | Nouhak Phoumsavanh |
| Succeeded by | Choummaly Sayasone |
| 12th Prime Minister of Laos | |
| In office 15 August 1991 – 24 February 1998 | |
| President | |
| Preceded by | Kaysone Phomvihane |
| Succeeded by | Sisavath Keobounphanh |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Laos | |
| In office 2 December 1975 – 15 August 1991 | |
| Minister of Defense | |
| In office 2 December 1975 – 15 August 1991 | |
| Prime Minister | Kaysone Phomvihane |
| Preceded by | Post established |
| Succeeded by | Choummaly Sayasone |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1924 |
| Died | 2 April 2025 (aged 101) Vientiane, Laos |
| Party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party (1955–2006) |
| Spouse | Thongvanh Siphandone |
| Children | 6, including Sonexay, Viengthong |
| Relatives | Khampheng Saysompheng (son-in-law) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Lao Issara (1946–1948) Pathet Lao (1950–1975) Laos (1975–1991) |
| Branch/service | Lao People's Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1946–1991 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Lao People's Armed Forces |
| Battles/wars | First Indochinese War Laotian Civil War Insurgency in Laos Thai-Laotian Border War |
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General Khamtai Siphandone (Lao: ຄຳໄຕ ສີພັນດອນ; 8 February 1924 – 2 April 2025) was a Laotian politician who served as the chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the fourth president of Laos from 1998 to 2006, when he was replaced by Choummaly Sayasone. He joined the Indochinese Communist Party in 1954 and became a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party in 1956.