Phoui Sananikone

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name =Phoui Sananikone


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term_start =24 February 1950
term_end =15 October 1951
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predecessor =Prince Boun Oum
successor =Crown Prince Savang Vatthana
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term_start2 =17 August 1958
term_end2 =31 December 1959
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predecessor2 =Prince Souvanna Phouma
successor2 =Sounthone Pathammavong
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birth_date =1903
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death_date =4 December 1983
death_place =Paris
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profession =Prime Minister
religion =Buddhism


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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.

Prime Ministership

Souvanna Phouma lost a vote of confidence in the National Assembly and was forced to resign. He succeeded Souvanna Phouma, and formed a new cabinet with the support of Committee for the Defence of National Interest (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.

References

* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E7D91638F931A25751C1A965948260 New York Times obituary published December 12, 1983]
* [http://www.hmongnet.org/hmong-au/refugee.htm Gary Y. Lee, REFUGEES FROM LAOS: HISTORICAL BACKGROUND AND CAUSES, 1990]