Phomvihane

/ ˈpɒmvɪhɑːn /

noun

1. PhomvihaneKaysone19201992MLaotianPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: head of state Kaysone (ˈkaɪsɒn). 1920–92, Laotian Communist statesman; prime minister of Laos (1975–91); president (1991–92)

Example Sentences

Beginning in the late 1940s, early 1950s, the Pathet Lao, the Communists, were drawing most of their young leaders from students studying in Hanoi — like the most famous president, Kaysone Phomvihane — and after the 1954 conflict at Dien Bien Phu, where France lost and agreed to independence for their Indochinese holdings.

From New York Times