Samane Vignaket

Lieutenant General Samane Viyaket (3 March 1927 – 22 July 2016)[1] was a Vietnamese descent-Laotian national politician, Minister of Education, Head of Party Central Committee Organization Board, Vice Minister of Defense, Director of the General Political Bureau, President of the National Election Committee for the National Assembly Fourth Legislature, and President of the National Assembly of Laos[2] from 1993 to 2006.[3] He was born in Phichit Province, Siam to Vietnamese immigrant family. (In official biography before he died, he was identified that he was born in Attapeu Province.) He was in charge of ideological and cultural works of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP),[4] and he was a member of the 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th Politburo, a member of the 3rd Secretariat of the LPRP.[4] He died at 00.24 am on July 22, 2016 at the age of 89.[5]

Samane Vignaket
ສະໝານ ວິຍາເກດ
Head of the Ideology Commission of the LPRP Central Committee
In office 20 March 2006 – 4 June 2011
Preceded by	Osakanh Thammatheva
Succeeded by	Cheuang Sombounkanh
President of the National Assembly of Laos
In office 25 February 1993 – 2005
Preceded by	Nouhak Phoumsavanh
Succeeded by	Thongsing Thammavong
Minister of Education
In office 1988–1991
Prime Minister	Kaysone Phomvihane
Preceded by	Bountiam Pitsami
Head of the Organisational-Personnel Committee of the LPRP Central Committee
In office 29 April 1982 – 1988
Preceded by	?
Succeeded by	Oudom Katthigna
Personal details
Born	(1927-03-03)3 March 1927
Died	22 July 2016(2016-07-22) (aged 89)
Political party	Lao People's Revolutionary Party