Kingdom of Laos
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The Kingdom of Laos was the former government of Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North
North Vietnamese troops march through Laos, 1967.
Pha That Luang, Vientiane, Laos
Sisavang Vatthana
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Sisavang Vatthana or sometimes Savang Vatthana was the last king of the Kingdom of Laos and the 6th prime minister of Laos serving from 29 October to 21 November 1951. He ruled from 1959 after his fat
Kingdom of Laos
…was governed as a constitutional monarchy beginning with its independence on 22 October 1953. It survived until 2 December 1975, when its last king, Sisavang Vatthana, surrendered the throne to the Pathet Lao during the civil war in Laos, who abolished the monarchy in favour of a Marxist–Leninist state called the Lao…
Sisavang Vatthana on 3 November 1959, shortly after his accession upon the death of his father on 29 October
Prince Savang in 1943
King Savang Vatthana, Queen Khamphoui, Chao Saykham (Xiangkhouang governor), Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma, Gen. Vang Pao, and more others during king visit in Sam Thong, 1968.