Royal Lao Government in Exile explained

Conventional Long Name:Provisional Royal Lao Government
Leader Title1:King
Leader Name1:Soulivong Savang
Status:Exile
Leader Title2:Prime Minister-in-exile
Leader Name2:Unknown
Established Event1:Proclamation
Established Date1:6 May 2003
Coa Size:70px
Capital:Vientiane (de jure)
Gresham, Oregon (de facto)
National Anthem:Pheng Xat Lao
Footnote A: With 1947 lyrics.

The Royal Lao Government in Exile (RLGE) is a Laotian government in exile opposed to the Lao People's Democratic Republic established on May 6, 2003, and seeks to reinstall a constitutional monarchy in Laos. The RLGE also seeks to end what it sees as the Vietnamization of Laos and the Lao-Viet special Brotherhood Treaty.[1] It was most recently headed by then Prime-minister Khamphoui Sisavatdy and King Soulivong Savang.

Organization

The Royal Lao Government in Exile claims that it is an interim democratic government consisting of eighty representatives from Lao political organizations and associations elected by the Lao people inside Laos and abroad. The Royal Lao Government in Exile is chaired by Professor Khamphoui Sisavatdy,[2] who claims to have previously served in the former Royal Lao Government under King Savang Vatthana of Laos as a Deputy in the National Assembly and was a Professor of Lao History at Sisavangvong University. In 1972, he traveled to the United States with a Lao delegation to speak to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger concerning a series of proposed Geneva Convention treaties. The Supreme National Political Council in Exile is reportedly chaired by Phraya Sithidej (Sithat Sithibourn), former Lao Governor, former Lao Congressman and former President of Political and Law Commission of the Lao National Parliament.

The Royal Laos Defence Forces under RLGE claim to be led by General Saveng Vongsavath, former Colonel of the Royal Lao Army and the military Commander of the Lao People's National Liberation Front (LPNLF).[3] [4]

Allegedly, the only royal family member of Laos that held a position within RLGE is Brigadier-General Prince (Sadu Chao Jaya) Muni Varman Kindama Varman [Monivong Kindavong]. He was the Vice-President of the Supreme National Political Council in Exile until his death in 2004. Prince Monivong Kindavong was born in 1928, received education in École des Officiers d’Applications (EOA), in 1973 he was promoted as a Brigadier-General of the Royal Lao Army. Prince Monivong Kindavong's father is Prince (Sadu Chao Jaya) Kindama Varman [Kindavong], who was a Delegate for Upper Laos and representative of The King to the Provisional Government of France in 1946. Prince Kindavong served as a Prime Minister from April 23, 1946, until March 15, 1947 and as a Minister of State from 1947 to 1948. Prince Kindavong is the son of Prince Chao Maha Oupahat Bounkhong, the last Vice-King of Luang Prabang and a nephew of King Sisavang Vong. Prince Kindavong is also a younger half-brother of Prince Phetsarath Ratanavongsa, who was prime minister of Laos from 1942 to 1945, and the first and last Vice-King of the Kingdom of Laos and a brother of Prince Souvanna Phouma, a Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos several times from 1951–1954, 1956–1958, 1960 and 1962–1975.

History

The Royal Lao Government in Exile (RLGE) reportedly was proclaimed on May 6, 2003, according to itself. On June 16, 2003, by permission of the Secretary of the State of Oregon Royal Lao Government in Exile was incorporated under the Oregon Nonprofit Corporation Act. On June 23, 2003, the RLGE signed an agreement with Free Vietnamese Government in Santa Ana, California, to join hands between the two governments with a mutual goal of fighting against Laos and Vietnam. On June 25, 2003, the RLGE was granted audience with the United Nations Secretarial Office in New York City followed by audience with the U.S. States Department in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2003.

On July 5, 2003, the RLGE reportedly claims that a reformation Ministerial Conference was held in city of Murfreesboro, Tennessee, US for an official announcement of its policies and national agendas. The second reformation was passed in on 23 March 2004, in Las Vegas, Nevada, US for official announcement of restoration and revival of Lao National Army in the same form as it was until 1975. The third reformation was passed in on September 2, 2004 in the city of San Diego, California, US. The fourth reformation was passed in on 25 March 2005 in the city of Sacramento, California, US. In this meeting members of RLGE voted Khamphoui Sisavatdy to continue his term as the Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile. The fifth reformation was passed in October 2005 in the city of Fresno, California. In this meeting RLGE decided to accept to let Hmong ethnic people into RLGE. The sixth reformation was passed in on September 25, 2010, in the city of New Iberia in the state of Louisiana. In this meeting members of RLGE voted Khamphoui Sisavatdy to continue his term as the Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile until Lao Democracy is restored. In this meeting RLGE issued a public statement no. PMO/060/2010 based on the U.S Congress resolutions 240, 169, 309, 318, 204 and on the European Parliamentary Resolution on Laos on February 15, 2002, and to observe the Geneva Accords of 1954 and 1962 on Laos under the real condition of the current time in Laos and also solving Lao problems peacefully and politically, we the patriotic Nationalist people of Laos would like to proclaim to the International Communities and to the Lao people inside Laos and abroad that the Royal Lao Government has been restored and revived to take full responsibility on the affairs on Laos under the leadership of the people in charge of government in exile temporarily.[5]

Prime ministers

Prime MinisterPicture Took office Left office Notes
16 May 2003 October 18, 2023 March 25, 2005, in the city of Sacramento, California, US members of RLGE voted Khamphoui Sisavatdy to continue his term as the Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile. September 25, 2010, in the city of New Iberia, Louisiana, US members of RLGE voted for Khamphoui Sisavatdy to continue his term as the Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile until Lao Democracy is restored. He later died on October 18, 2023, from Unknown reasons due to inefficient information (Potentially from old age).
2Unknown Unknown After the death of Khamphoui Sisavatdy there is no information about who is the current Prime Minister of the Royal Government in Exile.

Recent activities

See also

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pillalamarri . Akhilesh . Interview: Laos Prime Minister in Exile . 2023-09-06 . thediplomat.com . en-US.
  2. Web site: Lao TV interview with H.E. Khamphoui Sisavatdy, Prime Minister of the Royal Lao Government in Exile. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/RHoKgfDr5hc . 2021-12-21 . live. 5 November 2011 . youtube. 2014-07-03.
  3. Book: Violent Buddhism: Militarism and Buddhism in Modern Asia. 9781136277078. 2014-07-03. Tikhonov. Vladimir. Brekke. Torkel. 10 September 2012. Routledge .
  4. Web site: The Royal Laos Defence Forces. RLGE. 2014-07-03. 2013-11-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20131102084136/http://rlge.org/Defence.htm. dead.
  5. Web site: Background of the Royal Lao Government in Exile. RLGE. 2014-07-03. 2014-01-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20140110150058/http://rlge.org/Background_Royal_Laos_Government_Exile.pdf. dead.
  6. Web site: Kay Danes has been appointed as an Honorary Advisor to the Executive Office of the Prime Minister representing the Royal Lao Government in Exile.. Kay Danes. 2014-07-03. 2014-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20140126101946/http://www.kaydanes.com/achievements.html. dead.
  7. Web site: Lao Parade celebrates Freedom. 15 August 2006. Lowell Sun. 2014-07-03.
  8. Web site: H.E Khamphoui Sisavatdy was invited to Washington, D.C.. Montana News Association. 2014-07-03. 2014-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20140714141033/http://www.montanasnews.tv/articles.php?mode=view&id=3496. dead.
  9. Web site: The Royal Lao Government in Exile Condemns National Elections in Laos as Charade. Dakota Voice. 2014-07-03.
  10. Web site: Chris Hayes MP speech about Royal Lao Government in Exile. Parliament of Australia. 2014-07-03.
  11. Web site: Transparency and the EU. Transparency Register. 2014-07-03.
  12. Web site: The Association of the Envoys Extraordinary of the Royal Lao Government in Exile Worldwide - AEERLGE. AEERLGE. 2014-07-03. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140630055046/http://www.aeerlge.org/. 2014-06-30.