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Bounnhang Vorachit
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Person

Bounnhang Vorachit

b. 1937

General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (2016-2021)

Born
15 Aug 1937 · Savannakhet Province
Part ofLaos1936 – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 102 years
  1. 15 Aug 1937BornBorn in Savannakhet Province
  2. 1981 – 1991RoleGovernor
  3. 1993 – 2001RoleDeputy Prime Minister of Laos
  4. 2001 – 2006RolePrime Minister of Laos
  5. 2006 – 2016RoleVice President of Laos
  6. 2016 – 2021RoleGeneral Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
  7. 2016 – 2021RolePresident of Laos

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1937 – today).

  1. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  2. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  3. 1938Munich Agreement
  4. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  5. 1939 – 1945World War II
  6. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  7. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  8. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  9. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  10. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  11. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  12. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  13. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  15. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  16. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  18. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  19. 1956Suez Crisis
  20. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  22. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  23. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  24. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  26. 1968Prague Spring
  27. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  28. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  29. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  30. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  31. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  32. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  33. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  34. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  35. 1985Schengen Agreement
  36. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  37. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  38. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  39. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  40. 19941994 FIFA World Cup

Biography

Bounnhang Vorachit (Lao: ບຸນຍັງ ວໍລະຈິດ; born 15 August 1937) is a Laotian politician. He was previously General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of Laos from 2016 to 2021.

Text from the Wikipedia article Bounnhang Vorachit, CC BY-SA 4.0

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