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Kaysone Phomvihane
Kaysone Phomvihane was the leader of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and of the communist Pathet Lao movement. When the Lao People's Democratic Republic was proclaimed in December 1975 he became prime minister, holding the post until 1991, and then president until his death. In 1986 he launched market-oriented economic reforms.
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