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Kaysone Phomvihane was the first leader of the Communist Lao People's Revolutionary Party from 1955 until his death in 1992. After the Communists seized power in the wake of the Laotian Civil War, he was the de facto leader of Laos from 1975 until his death. He served as the first Prime Minister of the Lao People's Democratic Republic from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second President from 1991 to 1992. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. December 1920 – 21. November 1992
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“Despite many problems to be resolved, we continue to progress confidently in developing and defending our beloved country, for the path to socialism is already open before us.”

Kaysone Phomvihane

Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects (1981) (excerpts)

“Comradely relations based on the common ideals and aims of the difficult struggle we all share are our most sacred posses­sion as Communists.”

Kaysone Phomvihane

Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects (1981) (excerpts)

“Political and ideological unity must be rein­forced by organisational unity. Without it, polit­ical and ideological unity loses any practical meaning and cannot survive.”

Kaysone Phomvihane

Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects (1981) (excerpts)

“One can make concessions to the enemy in relation, for instance, to the number of people in the government, as well as to the specific posts, qualifications and certain organisational forms accepted both by the enemy and our­selves.”

Kaysone Phomvihane

Revolution in Laos: Practice and Prospects (1981) (excerpts)

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