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Obituaries:Prince Souphanouvong
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Prince Souphanouvong was the first President of the People's
Democratic Republic of Laos, from its establishment in December 1975
until March 1991, when he left office. Souphanouvong had been a
prominent figure in the Laotian revolutionary movemen t fromthe end
of the Pacific war, when through an initial association with the
Vietnamese Communist leader, Ho Chi Minh, he sought to mobilise
opposition to the return of French colonial rule.
Souphanouvong was a most unlikely revolutionary. He was born in
Luang Prabang in 1909, the youngest of the 22 sons of Prince Boun
Khong, the uparat or regent ...
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