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Souvanna Phouma

1901 - 1984

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Prince Souvanna Phouma (Lao: ສຸວັນນະພູມາ; 7 October 1901 – 10 January 1984) was the leader of the neutralist faction and Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times (1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960, and 1962–1975). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Souvanna Phouma has received more than 222,143 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Souvanna Phouma is the 6,080th most popular politician (up from 7,673rd in 2019), the 8th most popular biography from Laos (up from 9th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Laotian Politician.

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  • 2.87

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Souvanna Phouma ranks 6,080 out of 19,576. Before him are Agostino Barbarigo, Henry A. Wallace, Jean-Luc Dehaene, Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Charlotte Bonaparte, and Moses de León. After him are George IV of Georgia, Omar Ali Saifuddien III, Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, Odvar Nordli, Richard of Conisburgh, 3rd Earl of Cambridge, and Avery Brundage.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1901, Souvanna Phouma ranks 82. Before him are Hugo Gunckel Lüer, Adelaide Hall, Yang Kaihui, Infante Alfonso, Duke of Calabria, Ödön von Horváth, and Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry. After him are Pier Giorgio Frassati, Chen Yi, Nina Berberova, Hendrik Verwoerd, Barbara Cartland, and Franciszek Gajowniczek. Among people deceased in 1984, Souvanna Phouma ranks 59. Before him are Branko Ćopić, Hans Speidel, Rodrigo Lara, Count Basie, Andy Kaufman, and Marcel Janco. After him are Mark W. Clark, Raoul Salan, Janet Gaynor, He Zizhen, Eduardo De Filippo, and Ernesto Mascheroni.

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In Laos

Among people born in Laos, Souvanna Phouma ranks 8 out of 22. Before him are Souphanouvong (1909), Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Fa Ngum (1316), Sisavang Vatthana (1907), and Sisavang Vong (1885). After him are Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Anouvong (1767), Boun Oum (1912), Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun (1944), and Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890).

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Among POLITICIANS In Laos

Among politicians born in Laos, Souvanna Phouma ranks 8. Before him are Souphanouvong (1909), Bounnhang Vorachith (1938), Choummaly Sayasone (1936), Fa Ngum (1316), Sisavang Vatthana (1907), and Sisavang Vong (1885). After him are Khamtai Siphandon (1924), Thongsing Thammavong (1944), Anouvong (1767), Boun Oum (1912), Phetsarath Ratanavongsa (1890), and Setthathirath (1534).

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