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Samane Vignaket
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President of the National Assembly of Laos | |
5th term | |
In office 30 September 2002 – 2005 |
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Succeeded by | Thongsing Thammavong |
4th term | |
In office 24 February 1998 – 30 September 2002 |
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3rd term | |
In office 25 February 1993 – 24 February 1998 |
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Preceded by | Nouhak Phoumsavanh |
Minister of Education | |
2nd term | |
In office 1988–1991 |
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Prime Minister | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Preceded by | Bountiam Pitsami |
Head of the LPRP Central Committee Organisation Commission | |
4th term | |
In office 1986–1989 |
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General Secretary | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Succeeded by | Maichantan Sengmani |
3rd term | |
In office 1982–1986 |
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General Secretary | Kaysone Phomvihane |
Preceded by | Sisomphone Lovansay |
Personal details | |
Born | Savannakhet Province, French protectorate of Laos |
3 March 1927
Died | 22 July 2016 | (aged 89)
Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Lieutenant General Samane Vignaket (Lao: ສະໝານ ວິຍະເກດ; 3 March 1927 – 22 July 2016) was a Vietnamese descent-Laotian national politician, Minister of Education, Head of Party Central Committee Organization Board, Vice Minister of Defense, Director of the General Political Bureau, President of the National Election Committee for the National Assembly Fourth Legislature, and President of the National Assembly of Laos from 1993 to 2006. He was born in Phichit Province, Siam to Vietnamese immigrant family. (In official biography before he died, he was identified that he was born in Attapeu Province.) He was in charge of ideological and cultural works of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP), and he was a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Politburo, a member of the 3rd Secretariat of the LPRP. He died at 00.24 am on July 22, 2016 at the age of 89.