What is Kaysone Phomvihane?
{{Infobox officeholder |name = Kaysone Phomvihane |native_name = {{nobold|ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ}} |native_name_lang = lo |image = Kaysone Phomvihane 1978.jpg |caption = |office = 1st [[General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Chairman]] of the [[Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party|Central Committee]] of the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]] |term_start = 22 March 1955 |term_end = 21 November 1992 |predecessor = |successor = [[Khamtai Siphandon]] |office1 = 2nd [[President of Laos]] |term_start1 = 15 August 1991 |term_end1 = 21 November 1992 |primeminister1 = [[Khamtai Siphandon]] |predecessor1 = [[Phoumi Vongvichit]] {{small|(Acting)}} |successor1 = [[Nouhak Phoumsavanh]] |office2 = 11th [[Prime Minister of Laos]] |president2 = [[Souphanouvong]]<br>[[Phoumi Vongvichit]] {{small|(Acting)}} |term_start2 = 8 December 1975 |term_end2 = 15 August 1991 |predecessor2 = [[Souvanna Phouma]] |successor2 = [[Khamtai Siphandon]] |birth_date = 13 December 1920 |birth_place = [[Savannakhet]], [[French Indochina]] |death_date = 21 November 1992 (aged 71) |death_place = [[Vientiane]], [[Laos]] |party = [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]] }} '''Kaysone Phomvihane''' ({{lang-lo|ໄກສອນ ພົມວິຫານ}}) (13 December 1920&nbsp;– 21 November 1992) was a Laotian politician. He was the first leader of the [[Lao People's Revolutionary Party]] from 1955 until his death in 1992. He was the first [[Prime Minister of Laos|Prime Minister]] of the [[Lao People's Democratic Republic]] from 1975 to 1991 and then as the second [[President of Laos|President]] from 1991 to 1992.<ref name=museum>{{cite web|url=http://www.culturalprofiles.net/laos/Units/163.html |title=Former President Kaysone Phomvihane Memorial Museum |access-date=2007-09-10 |work=Visiting Arts, Laos Cultural Profile |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071225034148/http://www.culturalprofiles.net/laos/Units/163.html |archive-date=December 25, 2007 }}</ref> ==Reference