(1920-01-27)January 27, 1920 Savannakhet, French protectorate of Laos, French Indochina
Died
November 3, 1985(1985-11-03) (aged 65) Bangkok, Thailand
Service/branch
Royal Lao Army
Years of service
1950–1965
Rank
Major General
Battles/wars
First Indochina War Laotian Civil War
Major General Phoumi Nosavan (Lao: ພູມີ ຫນໍ່ສວັນ; 27 January 1920 – 3 November 1985)[1][2] was a military strongman who was prominent in the history of the Kingdom of Laos; at times, he dominated its political life to the point of being a virtual dictator.
^Stuart-Fox, pp. 258–259.
^Archives, L. A. Times (1985-11-07). "Phoumi Nosavan, Former Laotian Military Leader". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-11-28.
Major General PhoumiNosavan (Lao: ພູມີ ຫນໍ່ສວັນ; 27 January 1920 – 3 November 1985) was a military strongman who was prominent in the history of the Kingdom...
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with the Pathet Lao communists. On 4 August 1964, Defense Minister PhoumiNosavan attempted to take over Vientiane with a training battalion. This coup...
minister Sarit was a patron of his cousin, the Lao strongman General PhoumiNosavan, against the communist Pathet Lao guerrillas in the neighboring Kingdom...
and right-wing Gen. PhoumiNosavan. The Communist Pathet Lao supported Kong Le, while the US military and CIA lined up behind Phoumi. As Adm. Harry D. Felt...
Fought between 13 and 16 December 1960, the battle ended with General PhoumiNosavan winning control of the Kingdom of Laos with the aid of the Royal Thai...
Once ousted by the U.S.-backed 14 December 1960 countercoup by General PhoumiNosavan, Kong Le and his paras retreated to the strategic Plain of Jars, gathering...
insisted that Souvanna Phouma become prime minister. In mid-December, PhoumiNosavan then seized the capital, overthrew the Phouma Government, and installed...
outside troops. Following a coup and counter-coup that left General PhoumiNosavan in charge, the general decided on military action to settle the political...
1960 which was supported by Lao leaders Phoui Sananikone and General PhoumiNosavan, and the Hmong leader General Vang Pao. Prince Souvanna Phouma (7 October...
major engagement of the Laotian Civil War. In November 1963, General PhoumiNosavan, who held the reins of military power in the Kingdom of Laos, launched...
People's Democratic Republic, a position he held until 1991. After 1986, Phoumi Vongvichit acted in his stead as president, though Souphanouvong still retained...
simultaneous coups that struck the Kingdom of Laos in January 1965. General PhoumiNosavan, a participant in four prior coups, had been deprived of troop command...
paramilitary police during the latter part of 1960. When his patron, General PhoumiNosavan, seized power in December 1960, Siho's new battalions helped carry the...
Vientiane, supplying artillery, artillerymen, and advisers to General PhoumiNosavan, first cousin of Sarit. It also deployed the Police Aerial Reinforcement...
1964, plus the loss of support from its political patron Major-General PhoumiNosavan, led to Sang's resignation from command. General Sang Kittirath was...
Colonel (later, General) Sounthone Pathammavong (1954–1958) Major general PhoumiNosavan (1958–1965) Major general Ouane Rattikone (1965–1969) Major general...
believed to have died in October 1978. 1967 Opium War Thao Ty Thao Ma PhoumiNosavan Vang Pao Royal Lao Armed Forces Laotian Civil War Colonel Bounleuth...
organization in 1981, along with Prince Sisouk na Champassak, General PhoumiNosavan and General Kouprasith Abhay.: 57 Thousands of Vang's former ethnic...
April 1960. In return, CDNI adherent PhoumiNosavan seized the nation on 25 December 1959 and deposed Phoui. Phoumi believed that once he was elected, he...
general PhoumiNosavan to power. Although Prince Tiao Samsanith was appointed prime minister, true power rested in the hands of Maj. Gen. Phoumi, the defense...
was not successful in holding power. Rightist forces under General PhoumiNosavan drove out the neutralist government from power later that same year...
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Vientiane.[citation needed] Bounleut attempted a coup on 31 January 1965. PhoumiNosavan attempted his own coup at the same time. Both coups were crushed by...
defending the right-wing coup led by "one of his closest friends," PhoumiNosavan. He also wrote that the rigging of elections "cut through the red tape...
Mansfield disagreed with the retaliation.: 198–199 In Laos General PhoumiNosavan ordered a Royal Lao Army Training Battalion commanded by his bodyguard...
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