Kingdom of Laos

The Kingdom of Laos was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975. Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. The country was governed as a constitutional monarchy beginning with its independence on 22 October 1953. It survived until 2 December 1975, when its last king, Sisavang Vatthana, surrendered the throne to the Pathet Lao during the civil war in Laos, who abolished the monarchy in favour of a Marxist–Leninist state called the Lao People's Democratic Republic.

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1947 — 1975 Kingdom of Laos

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Henry Kissinger (centre) makes flying visit to Vientiane

Prime Minister of Kingdom of Laos from 1950-1951 and 1958-1959

Prince Souvanna Phouma addressing crowd

US Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley

Henry Kissinger (centre) makes flying visit to Vientiane

Prince Souvanna Phouma addressing crowd

Chao Phetsarath (au centre) lors de l'inauguration de l'Institut d'études bouddhiques à Vientiane, en 1931

Numérisation 20151107 (2)

HoChiMinhTrailMap

USaid au Laos, 1955

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	war	1946	Indochina Wars	United States, People's Republic of China, war, North Korea, Australia, New Zealand, Laos, Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam, Philippines, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, French Fourth Republic, Republic of Vietnam, Lao Issara, Vietnamese Independence League, People's Republic of Kampuchea, Kingdom of Laos, Kingdom of Cambodia, Royal Lao Government in Exile, Khmer Republic, State of Vietnam, Democratic Kampuchea, Pathet Lao, Communist Party of Thailand, United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races, Khmer Issarak, Khmer Rouge, GRUNK	Wikidata
event	war	1946	First Indochina War	war, French Fourth Republic, Lao Issara, Vietnamese Independence League, Khmer Issarak, Kingdom of Cambodia, Kingdom of Laos, State of Vietnam	Wikidata
event	war	1955	Vietnam War	North Korea, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, New Zealand, National Liberation Front of South Vietnam, North Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, Khmer Rouge, GRUNK, Pathet Lao, United States, People's Republic of China, Australia, proxy war, Kingdom of Laos, Kingdom of Cambodia, Khmer Republic, Many Flags	Wikidata
event	war	1959	Laotian Civil War	North Vietnam, Republic of Vietnam, Pathet Lao, Kingdom of Laos, United States, civil war, Thailand	Wikidata
event	war	1975	Third Indochina War	war, United Kingdom, United States, United Front for the Liberation of Oppressed Races, Communist Party of Thailand, People's Republic of Kampuchea, Kingdom of Laos, Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Socialist Republic of Romania, People's Socialist Republic of Albania, Polish People's Republic, Democratic Kampuchea, Hmong people, Khmer Rouge, Warsaw Pact, German Democratic Republic, Hungarian People's Republic, Soviet Union, People's Republic of Bulgaria, China, South Korea, Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Laos, India, Cambodia, North Korea, Singapore, Cuba, People's Republic of China, State of Cambodia, Malayan Communist Party	Wikidata
commons	image		Henry Kissinger (centre) makes flying visit to Vientiane		Commons
commons	image		Prime Minister of Kingdom of Laos from 1950-1951 and 1958-1959		Commons
commons	image		Prince Souvanna Phouma addressing crowd		Commons
commons	image		US Ambassador G. McMurtrie Godley		Commons
commons	image		Henry Kissinger (centre) makes flying visit to Vientiane		Commons
commons	image		Prince Souvanna Phouma addressing crowd		Commons
commons	image		Chao Phetsarath (au centre) lors de l'inauguration de l'Institut d'études bouddhiques à Vientiane, en 1931		Commons
commons	image		Numérisation 20151107 (2)		Commons
commons	image		HoChiMinhTrailMap		Commons
commons	image		USaid au Laos, 1955		Commons