- Soth Phetrasy
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name = Soth Phetrasy
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birth_date =1915
birth_place =Vientiane ,Laos
death_date =2004
death_place =Vientiane ,Laos
office =Minister for Economy & Planning
salary =
term_start =
term_end =
predecessor =
successor =
party = PPPL
spouse =Oudom Phetrasy
religion =Buddhism
footnotes =Soth Phetrasy, (1915 - 2004), was a representative of the
Pathet Lao inVientiane ,Laos , and also a minister in the third and final leftist and royalist coalition government of Laos in 1973-1975, becoming Minister for Economy and Planning underSouvanna Phouma . He was an important figure to thePathet Lao as he became spokesman for them in Vientiane since 1964. He became increasingly known as he tried to negotiatePOW 's between the United States and also matters such asEugene DeBruin , and as diplomat of thePathet Lao preparing the Vientiane Agreement 1973. He later became the ambassador toMoscow . He died in Vientiane in 2004. He is also a very distant cousin of KingSavang Vatthana . Many of his external family lives in Australia and the United States.ee also
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Souvanna Phouma
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