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Phoumi Nosavan Biography and Timeline

Follow Phoumi Nosavan through 4 dated historical records for Laos.

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Phoumi Nosavan, historical timeline

A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.

4Distinct records

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1959–1963Years on this page

1959

Military Influence

General · Royal Lao Army officer · Vientiane · Warfare / Laotian Civil War

Becomes a central right-wing military figure during the opening phase of the civil war

1960

Savannakhet Base

General · Right-wing general · Savannakhet · Government / Government of Laos

Organizes resistance to Kong Le and Souvanna Phouma from southern Laos

1960

Countercoup

General · Right-wing Lao commander · Savannakhet · Warfare / Vietnam War, 2nd

Organizes right-wing forces against Kong Le's neutralists

Role range: 1960-1975

1963

Political Pressure

General · Right-wing general · Vientiane · Warfare / Laotian Civil War

Continues to contest the neutralist coalition authority

Records, sources and methodology

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