Phoui Sananikone

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Phoui Sananikone ( 1903 - 4 December 1983 in Paris) was Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos on two occasion in 1950 to 1951 and again from 1958 to 1959.

[edit] 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 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

[edit] Reference

New York Times obituary published December 12, 1983
Published in 1990

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