Somsavat Lengsavad
Somsavat Lengsavad | |
|---|---|
凌绪光 | |
Lengsavad in 2011 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Laos | |
| In office 27 March 2001 – 20 April 2016 | |
| Prime Minister | Thongsing Thammavong Bouasone Bouphavanh Bounnhang Vorachith |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 25 February 1993 – 8 June 2006 | |
| Prime Minister | Bounnhang Vorachith Sisavath Keobounphanh Khamtai Siphandon |
| Preceded by | Phoun Sipaseut |
| Succeeded by | Thongloun Sisoulith |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 June 1945 |
| Party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
| Occupation | Politician |
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Somsavat Lengsavad (Lao: ສົມສະຫວາດ ເລັ່ງສະຫວັດ; born 15 June 1945) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Laos. An ethnic Chinese, Chinese name: 凌绪光 (Lin Xuguang), who hails from Luang Prabang with ancestry from Hainan, he was a protégé of Kaysone Phomvihane.
In 1961 he joined the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and fought in the Laotian Civil War.
He became foreign minister in 1993 and served until 8 June 2006, when he was replaced by Thongloun Sisoulith.
Besides his native Lao, he is fluent in Standard Chinese.