Boun Oum

ABOUT BOUN OUM

Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos from 1948 to 1950 and then again from 1960 to 1962. He was exiled in 1975 when the Pathet Lao, a communist, came to power.

He studied at France's I'Ecole de droit.

He was the heir to the Kingdom of Champassack before the monarchy was abolished.

He married Mom Bouaphanh in 1943; the couple had six sons and three daughters.

He was succeeded by Souvanna Phouma as the Prime Minister of Laos in 1962.