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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
Succeeded by Thongsing Thammavong
4th term
In office
24 February 1998 – 30 September 2002
3rd term
In office
25 February 1993 – 24 February 1998
Preceded by Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Minister of Education
2nd term
In office
1988–1991
Prime Minister Kaysone Phomvihane
Preceded by Bountiam Pitsami
Head of the LPRP Central Committee Organisation Commission
4th term
In office
1986–1989
General Secretary Kaysone Phomvihane
Succeeded by Maichantan Sengmani
3rd term
In office
1982–1986
General Secretary Kaysone Phomvihane
Preceded by Sisomphone Lovansay
Personal details
Born (1927-03-03)3 March 1927
Savannakhet Province, French protectorate of Laos
Died 22 July 2016(2016-07-22) (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.

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