Douangchay Phichit | |
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Deputy Prime Minister of Laos | |
In office 8 July 2006 – 17 May 2014 (his death) | |
Prime Minister | Bouasone Bouphavanh Thongsing Thammavong |
Minister of National Defense | |
In office 27 March 2001 – 17 May 2014 | |
Preceded by | Choummaly Sayasone |
Succeeded by | Sengnuan Xayalath |
Personal details | |
Born | 5 April 1944 Attapeu, Kingdom of Laos |
Died | 17 May 2014 Baan Nadi, Lao People's Democratic Republic | (aged 70)
Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
Spouse | Lieutenant Colonel Mrs Thanda Phichit (died 17 May 2014) |
Lieutenant general Douangchay Phichit (Lao: ດວງໃຈ ພິຈິດ; 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).[citation needed] 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]