Somsavat Lengsavad | |
Native Name Lang: | zh |
Order: | Deputy Prime Minister of Laos |
Primeminister: | Thongsing Thammavong Bouasone Bouphavanh Bounnhang Vorachith |
Term Start: | 27 March 2001 |
Term End: | 20 April 2016 |
Order2: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Primeminister2: | Bounnhang Vorachith Sisavath Keobounphanh Khamtai Siphandon |
Term Start2: | 25 February 1993 |
Term End2: | 8 June 2006 |
Predecessor2: | Phoun Sipaseut |
Successor2: | Thongloun Sisoulith |
Birth Date: | 15 June 1945 |
Birth Place: | Luang Prabang, Laos |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Nationality: | Laos |
Somsavat Lengsavad (; 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]