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Preceded by
  
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June 23, 1962

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Name
  
Boun Oum

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Died
  
March 17, 1980, Boulogne-Billancourt, France

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Independent politician

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Prince Boun Oum (also Prince Boun Oum Na Champassak; Lao: ບຸນອຸ້ມ ນະ ຈຳປາສັກ; Thai: บุญอุ้ม ณ จัมปาศักดิ์; rtgsBun-um Na Champasak; December 12, 1911 – March 17, 1980) was the son of King Ratsadanay, and was the hereditary prince of Champassak and also Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1948–1950 and again in 1960–1962.

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Early life

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He was born in Don Talad in 1911, the eldest son of Prince Ratsadanay, Prince of Champassak by his fourth wife, Princess Sudhi Saramuni. He was educated at Wat Liep Monastery Sch. and l'École de Droit, Vientiane. He met Mom Bouaphanh Soumpholpakdy of Kengkok and married in 1943. The couple had six sons and three daughters: Prince Keo Champhonesak na Champassak, Prince Saysanasak na Champassak, Prince Keo Halusak na Champassak, Prince Simoungkhounsak na Champassak, Prince Vannahsak na Champassak, Prince Vongdasak na Champassak, Princess Ninhdasak na Champassak, Princess Keosondarasak na Champassak and Princess Keomanisak na Champassak. He has 11 grandchildren. He succeeded on the death of his father as Head of the Princely House of Champassak, June 1946. in the same time, he renounced his rights in order to establish a unified kingdom, the Kingdom of Laos, on 27 August 1946. He then later became President of the Royal Council in 1948. In 1949, he was appointed as Inspector-General of the Kingdom.

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Sympathetic to the French in Laos, he commanded a force of 15,000 that fought Japanese troops and the Lao Issara in the south of Laos. Titular leader of the royalist faction, he served as Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos in 1948 – 1950 and again in 1960 – 1962 when The National Assembly installed him by unanimous vote.

He retired from politics to pursue business interests from his base in Pakse and Champassak but continued to be a major power broker until his exile in 1975, the year the communist Pathet Lao came to power. In 1975 he went to France for medical treatment and never returned to Laos. He died in Boulogne-Billancourt, France in 1980 and his ashes are buried at the Cimetiere de Trivaux in Meudon France, next to his wife Princess Bouaphanh na Champassak (1920–2013).

National Honours

  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol.
  • Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Laos.
  • Commander of the Order of Civic Merit of Laos.
  • Foreign Honours

  • Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Elephant (special class).
  • Grand Officer of the Royal Order of Cambodia.
  • Commander of the Order of the Legion of Honour.
  • Combatant's Cross (1940).
  • Croix de Guerre [with palm and star] (1941).
  • Medal of French Gratitude [1st class] (1946).
  • Croix de guerre (1946).
  • Indochina Campaign commemorative medal (1954).
  • Resistance Medal [2nd class] (1945).
  • References

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