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Phetsarath played a dominant role in Lao politics before and after the Japanese occupation. He was the Prime Minister of Luang Phrabang, beginning in August 1941, [1] ascending in prominence under the promises for power from Japan. From 1941 to 1945, Phetsarath attempted to supplant officials in Laos and Vietnam, but in the regions of Vietnam ...
The Lao Issara (Lao: ລາວອິດສະລະ lit. ' Free Laos ') was an anti-French, nationalist movement formed on 12 October 1945 by Prince Phetsarath. [1] This short-lived movement emerged after the Japanese defeat in World War II and became the government of Laos before the return of the French.
Xiengkeo Palace was the former royal residence of the Lao Prime Minister, Prince Phetsarath in Luang Prabang, French Laos, now Laos. The buildings were French colonial in style. After the communist revolution, it was converted into a hotel and renamed the Grand Luang Prabang hotel. [1]
Laos' first head of government was Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, who was appointed Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Luang Phrabang on 15 August 1941. [1] A French–Lao agreement established the Kingdom of Laos – the first unified, modern Laotian state – on 27 August 1946. [2] A Constituent Assembly was formed to enact a new constitution. [3]
Portal:Laos/Selected biography/7 Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (Somdej Chao Maha Oupahat Pethsarath Ratanavongsa lit: His Highness (the) Vice-King Phetsarath Ratanavongsa) (Lao: ເພັຊຣາຊ; 19 January 1890 – 14 October 1959) was the 1st Prime Minister of Laos from 8 April to 20 October 1945, and was the first and last vice-king of ...
In January 1949 Lao Communists led by Kaisôn established a new Communist-controlled Lao military force in Vietnam, nominally loyal to the Lao Issara government but in fact answerable to the Indochinese Communist Party. Suphānuvong sided with the Communists over control of this new force, and this led rapidly to a split in the Lao Issara.
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The renewed focus on Laos also brought significant modernization of the kingdoms administration and the French also said they would not object should the kingdom further extend itself southwards. Prince Phetsarath became the first prime minister while a new advisory council for King Sisavang Vong was headed by Savang Vatthana. [4]