POLITICIAN

Phetsarath Ratanavongsa

1890 - 1959

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Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (Somdej Chao Maha Uparaja Petsaraj Ratanavongsa (Lao: ສົມເດັຈເຈົ້າ ມຫາ ອຸປຣາຊ ເພັຊຣາຊ ຣັຕນວົງສາ) (19 January 1890 – 14 October 1959) was the 1st Prime Minister of Luang Phrabang in French Laos from 21 August 1941 to 10 October 1945, and Head of State of Laos between 12 October 1945 and 4 April 1946. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Phetsarath Ratanavongsa has received more than 67,057 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Phetsarath Ratanavongsa is the 11,384th most popular politician (down from 11,311th in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Laos (down from 12th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Laotian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa ranks 11,384 out of 19,576Before him are Pei Xiu, Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas, Yanis Varoufakis, Pandulf Ironhead, Reginar I Longneck, and Stefan Konstantin. After him are Ameny Qemau, George Andrew Reisner, Kellyanne Conway, Sayf ad-Din Inal, Princess Alexandrine of Prussia, and Sergey Mironov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1890, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa ranks 131Before him are Elia Abu Madi, Sigurd Hoel, André Gobert, Helge Løvland, Erich Weinert, and Gösta Ekman. After him are Harry Hopkins, Traugott Herr, Oswald de Andrade, Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Frank Morgan, and Mário de Sá-Carneiro. Among people deceased in 1959, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa ranks 91Before him are Bak Jungyang, Vincent Richards, Luigi Sturzo, Fernand Bouisson, Giovanni Pastrone, and Edmund Ironside, 1st Baron Ironside. After him are Oskar Vogt, Princess Alexandra, 2nd Duchess of Fife, Kafū Nagai, Ion Gigurtu, Aleksandr Khinchin, and Charles Vidor.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa ranks 14 out of 22Before him are Souvanna Phouma (1901), Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Anouvong (1767), Boun Oum (1912), and Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (1944). After him are Setthathirath (1534), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), Phoumi Vongvichit (1909), Vang Pao (1929), Bouasone Bouphavanh (1954), and Pany Yathotou (1951).

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Among POLITICIANS In Laos

Among politicians born in Laos, Phetsarath Ratanavongsa ranks 13Before him are Sisavang Vong (1885), Souvanna Phouma (1901), Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Anouvong (1767), and Boun Oum (1912). After him are Setthathirath (1534), Sisavath Keobounphanh (1928), Phoumi Vongvichit (1909), Bouasone Bouphavanh (1954), and Pany Yathotou (1951).