Soukanh Mahalath | |
Native Name Lang: | lo |
Order: | Minister of Finance |
Primeminister: | Bounnhang Vorachith |
Term Start: | 27 March 2001 |
Term End: | 2003 |
Predecessor: | Bounnhang Vorachith |
Successor: | Chansy Phosikham |
Order1: | Governor of the Central Bank |
Primeminister1: | Sisavath Keobounphanh |
Term Start1: | 6 August 1999 |
Term End1: | 27 March 2001 |
Predecessor1: | Cheuang Sombounkhanh |
Successor1: | Phoupheth Khamphounevong |
Birth Date: | 7 June 1954 |
Birth Place: | Luang Prabang Province, Laos |
Occupation: | Politician |
Party: | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Nationality: | Laotian |
Soukanh Mahalath (; 7 June 1954 – 17 May 2014) was a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Mahalath was the Mayor of Vientiane, the country's capital city, until his death in May 2014.[1] [2] He had previously held the positions of Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2003 and the governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R., the country's central bank, from 1999 until 2001.[3]
Soukanh Mahalath was killed in the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force An-74 plane crash on 17 May 2014.[1] [2]