Provisional government (1945–1946), Government-in-exile (1946–1949)
Head of State
• 1945-1946
Prince Phetsarath
Prime Minister
• 1945–1946
Phaya Khammao
Historical era
World War II
• Independence declared
8 April 1945
• Lao Issara takeover
12 October 1945
• French restoration
24 April 1946
• Disestablished
24 October 1949
Currency
Lao kip
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Kingdom of Laos (Japanese puppet)
French protectorate of Laos
Today part of
Laos
Part of a series on the
History of Laos
Muang city-states era
Muang Sua
698–1353
Lan Xang era
Lan Xang
1353–1707
Regional kingdoms era
Kingdom of Vientiane
1707–1828
Kingdom of Luang Phrabang
1707–1893
Muang Phuan
1707–1899
Kingdom of Champasak
1713–1904
Colonial era
Lao rebellion
1826–1828
Haw wars
1865–1890
Franco-Siamese crisis
1893
French Protectorate of Laos
1893–1953
Franco-Thai War
1940–1941
Japanese puppet state
1945
Free Lao Movement (Lao Issara)
1945–1949
Independent era
Kingdom of Laos
1946–1975
Laotian Civil War
1953–1975
North Vietnamese invasion of Laos
1958–1959
Anti-Communist Insurgency
1975–2007
Lao People's Democratic Republic
1975–1991
Laos after Soviet dominance
1991–present
See also
History of Laos
History of Isan
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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. It aimed to prevent the French from restoring their control over Laos. The group disbanded in 1949.
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The LaoIssara (Lao: ລາວອິດສະລະ lit. 'Free Laos') was an anti-French, nationalist movement formed on 12 October 1945 by Prince Phetsarath. This short-lived...
was first adopted in 1945 under the short-lived LaoIssara government of 1945–46, then by the Pathet Lao. It is one of the two flags of a country currently...
of the LaoIssara national liberation movement. He first served as its provincial chairman in Thakhek, then as foreign minister of the LaoIssara government...
became the head of the Pathet Lao, along with its political arm dubbed "Neo LaoIssara" (Free Lao Front).: 142–3 The Pathet Lao founded resistance government...
Union. However, this government did not include representatives from the LaoIssara anti-colonial armed nationalist movement. The following years were marked...
French control over the country was opposed by the newly established LaoIssara government, who ultimately failed by April 1946. The protectorate was...
independence movements in Laos including the Lao Seri and Lao Pen Lao to coalesce into the LaoIssara or "Free Lao" movement which was led by Prince Phetsarath...
Independent Laos (Lao: ຄະນະ ກຳ ມາທິການເພື່ອປະເທດລາວອິດສະຫຼະ, romanized: Khana kam mathikan pheu pathedlav idsara) or Khana LaoIssara and LaoIssara for short...
Phetsarath and other Lao nationalists then created the LaoIssara (Free Laos) movement and took control of the country. The LaoIssara provisional assembly...
LaoIssara for his pro-French stance. He was later reinstated as monarch by the French in 1946, marking the first time in almost 250 years that a Lao...
the town of Sam Neua, but subsequently he joined the anti-colonialist LaoIssara movement and worked closely with the Viet Minh to oppose the return of...
Phomvihane, Phoumi Vongvichit. LaoIssara received training and support from Việt Minh. Under French intervention, LaoIssara was split into non-communists...
must register with the LFND. Neo LaoIssara (Free Lao Front) (1950–1956), chairman: Souphanouvong Neo Lao Hak Sat (Lao Patriotic Front) (1956–1979), chairman:...
throne to the Pathet Lao during the civil war in Laos, who abolished the monarchy in favour of a Marxist–Leninist state called the Lao People's Democratic...
spiritual realm; it had crossed into the secular realm. With the exile of the LaoIssara government in Thailand after the resumption of French control in 1946...
Japanese puppet state after 8 April 1945. Proclaimed Head of State by LaoIssara on 12 October 1945. Until 25 October 1949 in exile in Bangkok, Thailand...
constitution is Laos' third. Its first was adopted in 1945 under the LaoIssara (Free Laos) government. Its second — a French-written monarchical constitution...
anti-Japanese resistance leading group during the Second World War and then anti-LaoIssara (ລາວອິດສລະ) in the post-war period. Throughout his career, from 1941 to...
article contains Lao text. Without proper rendering support, you may see question marks, boxes, or other symbols instead of Lao script. Lao cuisine or Laotian...
North Vietnam supported the Pathet Lao to fight against the Kingdom of Laos between 1958 and 1959. Control over Laos allowed for the eventual construction...
LaoIssara used mortars and light machine guns against French armored vehicles and planes. One of the main preoccupations of the members of the Lao Issara...
formed the new government of Laos, the LaoIssara, to fill up the power vacuum of the country. However, the LaoIssara was bankrupt and ill-equipped, and...
reorganized into three national units, namely the Vietnam Workers' Party, the LaoIssara, and the Kampuchean or Khmer People's Revolutionary Party (KPRP). According...
Conference in June 1950. It was during that Year, where he and other former LaoIssara members founded the Independent Party, who later merged with the Nationalist...
The Kingdom of Champasak (Lao: ຈຳປາສັກ [tɕàmpàːsák]) or Bassac, (1713–1904) was a Lao kingdom under Nokasad, a grandson of King Sourigna Vongsa, the last...
dynasty. In 1795, Nanthasen was accused of plotting a rebellion with the Lao governor of Nakhon Phanom. He was deposed and taken to Bangkok. His brother...