Name Sisouk Champassak Role Author | Died 1985 Books Storm over Laos | |
Prince Sisouk na Champassak (March 28, 1928 in Pakse, Champassak, Laos – May 10, 1985 in Santa Ana, California, United States) was the eldest son of Chao Bounsouane na Champassak, who was in turn the eldest son of the last King of Champassak, Chao Ratsadanay. His brother is Chao Sisanga Na Champassak.
Prince Sisouk was a member of the Na Champassak royal family or house. He served as Secretary General of the Royal Government in the Kingdom of Laos. He is the author of Storm over Laos, a history of Laos from World War II until about 1961.
He became Minister of Finance and Minister of Defense in the pre-1975 Royal Lao Government. After fleeing Laos in May 1975, as the country fell to the communist Pathet Lao, he emigrated first to France. In 1981, he became a key political leader of the resistance against the communist Lao PDR government, together with General Vang Pao. He died in Vang Pao's house in Santa Ana, California in the United States.