Somsavat Lengsavad
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Template:Short description Template:Infobox officeholder Somsavat Lengsavad (Template:Langx; 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,<ref>Template:In lang 排除“祖籍”障碍 华裔首次当选老挝政治局委员</ref> he was a protégé of Kaysone Phomvihane.
In 1961 he joined the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and fought in the Laotian Civil War.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
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- Laotian people of Chinese descent
- 1945 births
- Members of the 5th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 7th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 9th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 8th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Members of the 9th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
- Living people
- Deputy prime ministers of Laos
- Foreign ministers of Laos
- Recipients of the Order of Ho Chi Minh
- People from Luang Prabang