His Excellency Khamphoui Sisavatdy
ຄໍາຜຸຍ ສີສວັສດ໌
Khamphoui Sisavatdy
Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile
In office 6 May 2003 – October 15, 2023
Preceded by	Position established
Monarch	Soulivong Savang
Personal details
Born	February 2, 1941
Died	October 15, 2023 Vancouver, Canada
Occupation	Professor, politician

Khamphoui Sisavatdy (Lao: ຄໍາຜຸຍ ສີສວັສດ໌) was the Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile, serving in the position since the exiled government's formation in 2003. Khamphoui was re-elected Prime Minister in 2005 and 2010.

Education

Khamphoui Sisavatdy graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Buddhism from the University of Bangkok in 1964. From 1964 to 1972 he became a Teacher at the Buddhist Institute, Wat Ong Teu Mahawihan, a branch of Sisavangvong University. He taught Buddhist Teachings ( Theravāda Abhidhamma ) General Psychology and Adolescent Psychology.

Political career

When the Royal Lao Government in Exile was proclaimed on 6 May 2003, Khamphoui became its first Prime-minister. Khampoui condemned the 2006 Laotian parliamentary election and called for international pressure on Laos to install a democracy.^[1]

Political positions

Khamphoui saw a constitutional monarchy as the best form of government for Laos,^[2] and that the Lao PDR's current government is dictatorial, and a puppet state of Vietnam. Khamphoui further believed that the Laotian people should be enabled to create the administration of their choice, and that the LPRP’s rule will eventually end, as more and more people will want to see beyond the “curtain” of an isolated society.^[3]

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