Nouhak Phoumsavanh or Phoumsavan (; ; 9 April 1914
Life
Nouhak was born in Ban Phalouka in Mukdahan Province, Siam (now Thailand) in 1914, according to official sources, He married his first wife, Chanthome, in 1933 and they had four children, Phouthone, Phonesavanh, Khankeo and a son. He later remarried in 1944 to Bounema, who was of Vietnamese descent.
Political career
He was a founding member of the Lao revolutionary movement in 1945, and he became Chairman of the Lao Resistance Committee for the Eastern Region in 1949. In the Lao Resistance Government, he was named Minister of Finance in 1950. He participated in the founding congress of the Lao People's Party (later renamed the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, LPRP) in 1955 and was elected as the second-ranking member of its Central Committee (Deputy Director of the Central Committee).
Nouhak was subsequently the secretary of the Lao People's Party cell in Vientiane, the capital, and was a member of the National Assembly in 1958. He was arrested in 1959 Also in 1989, he was chosen as chairman of the commission charged with drafting a new constitution, The state news agency attributed his death simply to "old age", while noting that he had received medical treatment both in Laos and outside the country. He was cremated in Vientiane on 14 September.
Honour
- Soviet Union : Order of the October Revolution (1984)
- Spain : Collar of the Order of Civil Merit (1995)
- Thailand : Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the White Elephant (1995)
- Argentina : Collar of the Order of the Liberator General San Martín (1996)
- Norway : Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of St. Olav (1997)