↑"Souphanouvong Is Dead at 82; Laos Prince Helped Fight U.S."The New York Times. Reuters. 11 January 1995. Retrieved 1 December 2024. Prince Souphanouvong... was named President of the Laotian People's Democratic Republic after the Communist victory in Indochina in 1975. He stepped down from the largely ceremonial post in 1986 because of failing health...
