Khampheng Boupha

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Khampheng Boupha (Lao: ຄຳແພງ ບຸບຜາ; born 15 January 1923) is a Laotian former politician, who served as a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao Women's Union.

Early life[]

Khampheng Boupha was born in Luang Prabang and completed her schooling from there.[1]

Career[]

Khampheng began her career as a teacher and later took up translation work.[2] From 1946 to 49, she stayed in Thailand with her husband, a member of the Lao Issara government. A year later, both of them joined the Free Laos Front. She won the May 1958 supplementary elections for Luang Prabang and became a member of the National Assembly of Laos. It was during this time that the Boupha couple was actively involved with the Pathet Lao communist movement in Vietnam.[1]

In 1979, Khampheng became a member of the newly formed Lao Front for National Construction's Standing Committee and three years later was elected to the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.[1] Owing to health issues, she did not stand for re-election. She has also served as president of Lao Women's Union and Secretary of State for Rural Affairs.[3][4]

Personal life[]

In 1943, Khampheng married .[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos. Scarecrow Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-8108-6411-5.
  2. ^ Blackburn, Susan; Ting, Helen (2013). Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements. NUS Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-9971-69-674-0.
  3. ^ Zasloff, Joseph J.; Unger, Leonard (1991). Laos: Beyond the Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 175, 342. ISBN 978-1-349-11214-2.
  4. ^ Dommen, Arthur J. (2002). The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Indiana University Press. p. 498. ISBN 0-253-10925-6.
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