Honorific-Prefix: | Lieutenant general |
Douangchay Phichit | |
Order2: | Deputy Prime Minister of Laos |
Primeminister2: | Bouasone Bouphavanh Thongsing Thammavong |
Term Start2: | 8 July 2006 |
Term End2: | 17 May 2014 (his death) |
Order3: | Minister of National Defense |
Term Start3: | 27 March 2001 |
Term End3: | 17 May 2014 |
Predecessor3: | Choummaly Sayasone |
Successor3: | Sengnuan Xayalath |
Birth Date: | 5 April 1944 |
Birth Place: | Attapeu, Kingdom of Laos |
Death Place: | Baan Nadi, Lao People's Democratic Republic |
Party: | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Spouse: | Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Thanda Phichit (died 17 May 2014) |
Lieutenant general Douangchay Phichit (; 5 April 1944 – 17 May 2014) was a Laotian politician from Attapeu and a Politburo member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (from the 7th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party until his death). He served as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense.[1]
On 17 May 2014, Phichit and his wife, Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Thanda Phichit, died when the plane he was traveling on crashed in northern Laos.[2] [3] [4]