Somsavat Lengsavad

Deputy Prime Minister of LaosIn office
27 March 2001 – 20 April 2016Prime MinisterThongsing Thammavong
Bouasone Bouphavanh
Bounnhang VorachithMinister of Foreign AffairsIn office
25 February 1993 – 8 June 2006Prime MinisterBounnhang Vorachith
Sisavath Keobounphanh
Khamtai SiphandonPreceded byPhoun SipaseutSucceeded byThongloun Sisoulith Personal detailsBorn(1945-06-15)15 June 1945
Luang Prabang, LaosNationalityLaosPolitical partyLao People's Revolutionary PartyOccupationPolitician

Somsavat Lengsavad (Lao: ສົມສະຫວາດ ເລັ່ງສະຫວັດ; born 15 June 1945) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Laos. An ethnic Chinese, Chinese name: 凌绪光 (Lin Xuguang), who hails from Luang Prabang with ancestry from Hainan,^[1] he was a protégé of Kaysone Phomvihane.

In 1961 he joined the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and fought in the Laotian Civil War.^[2]

He became foreign minister in 1993 and served until 8 June 2006, when he was replaced by Thongloun Sisoulith.

Besides his native Lao, he is fluent in Standard Chinese.^[3]

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