Boun Oum - Prime Minister

Prime Minister

Sympathetic to the white colonial French occupation of Laos, he commanded a force of 15,000 that fought Japanese troops and the Lao Issara in the south of Laos. Titular leader of the royalist faction, he served as prime minister of the Kingdom of Laos in 1948 - 1950 and again in 1960 - 1962 when The National Assembly installed him by unanimous vote of 41 to 0.

He retired from politics to pursue business interests from his base in Pakxe and Champassack but continued to be a major power broker until his exile in 1975, the year the communist Pathet Lao came to power. In 1975 he went to France for medical treatment and never returned to Laos. He died in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, and is buried at Meudon.

Preceded by
Souvannarath		 Prime Minister of Laos
1948-1950		 Succeeded by
Phoui Sananikone
Preceded by
Souvanna Phouma		 Prime Minister of Laos
1960-1962		 Succeeded by
Souvanna Phouma
Prime Ministers of Laos
Kingdom of Laos
(1945–1975)
  • Phaya Khammao
  • Kindavong
  • Souvannarath
  • Boun Oum
  • Phoui Sananikone
  • Savang Vatthana
  • Souvanna Phouma
  • Katay Don Sasorith
  • Souvanna Phouma
  • Phoui Sananikone
  • Sounthone Pathammavong†
  • Kouprasith Abhay
  • Somsanith Vongkotrattana
  • Souvanna Phouma
  • Boun Oum
  • Souvanna Phouma
Lao People's Democratic Republic
(1975–)
  • Kaysone Phomvihane
  • Khamtai Siphandon
  • Sisavath Keobounphanh
  • Bounnhang Vorachith
  • Bouasone Bouphavanh
  • Thongsing Thammavong
Persondata
Name Oum, Boun
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth December 12, 1912
Place of birth Don Talad, Champasak
Date of death March 17, 1980
Place of death


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