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Boun Oum

1912 - 1980

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Prince Boun Oum (also Prince Boun Oum Na Champassak; Lao: ບຸນອຸ້ມ ນະ ຈຳປາສັກ; Thai: บุญอุ้ม ณ จัมปาศักดิ์; RTGS: Bun-um Na Champasak; 2 December 1912 – 17 March 1980) was the son of King Ratsadanay, and was the hereditary prince of Champassak and also Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from March 1949 to February 1950 and again from December 1960 to June 1962. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Boun Oum has received more than 107,997 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Boun Oum is the 10,902nd most popular politician (up from 11,735th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Laos (up from 13th in 2019) and the 12th most popular Laotian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Boun Oum ranks 10,902 out of 19,576Before him are Micheon of Goguryeo, Santiago Casares Quiroga, Mehdi Karroubi, Ariarathes V of Cappadocia, John Augustus, Prince of Anhalt-Zerbst, and René de Froulay de Tessé. After him are Gordon Bajnai, Maria Emanuel, Margrave of Meissen, Yevhen Marchuk, Margaret of England, Ibrahim Mahlab, and Iona Nikitchenko.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Boun Oum ranks 164Before him are Rudolf Vytlačil, Eve Arnold, Kurt Sanderling, Wendy Hiller, Alfred Schwarzmann, and Rihei Sano. After him are Keisuke Kinoshita, B. D. Jatti, Georges Franju, Christopher Hill, Claude Pompidou, and Nie Er. Among people deceased in 1980, Boun Oum ranks 141Before him are Fatmawati, Andrei Amalrik, David Janssen, Alfred Neubauer, André Leducq, and Sohrab Sepehri. After him are John W. McCormack, Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz, Rachel Roberts, Gerhard Hanappi, Dorothy Day, and Jan Werich.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Boun Oum ranks 12 out of 22Before him are Sisavang Vatthana (1907), Sisavang Vong (1885), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), and Anouvong (1767). After him are Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (1944), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), Setthathirath (1534), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), Phoumi Vongvichit (1909), and Vang Pao (1929).

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Among POLITICIANS In Laos

Among politicians born in Laos, Boun Oum ranks 12Before him are Sisavang Vatthana (1907), Sisavang Vong (1885), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), and Anouvong (1767). After him are Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), Setthathirath (1534), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), Phoumi Vongvichit (1909), Bouasone Bouphavanh (1954), and Pany Yathotou (1951).