Soth Phetrasy

Soth Phetrasy (1915–2004) was a leading official of the Pathet Lao, the communist guerrilla movement of Laos associated with the Lao People's Party, during the 1960s and 1970s.

Soth Phetrasy
Minister for Economy & Planning
Personal details
Born1915
Vientiane, Laos
Died2004 (aged 8889)
Vientiane, Laos
Political partyLao People's Revolutionary Party
SpouseOudom Phetrasy

Biography

Soth Phetrasy was born in 1915.

Phetrasy was an important figure to the Pathet Lao (Land of Lao) as he became spokesman for them in Vientiane from 1964.[1] He became increasingly known as he tried to negotiate POW's between the United States and also matters such as Eugene DeBruin, and as diplomat of the Pathet Lao preparing the 1973 Vientiane Agreement.

Phetrasy was a minister in the third and final leftist and royalist coalition government of Laos from 1973 to 1975, serving as Minister for Economy and Planning under Souvanna Phouma. He was the managing director of Bank of the Lao P.D.R. from 1980 to 1983.[2] He later became the ambassador of Laos to the Soviet Union. His son, Sousath, owner of the Mali Guest House in Phonsavan in Northern Laos, died, on 25 September 2009.[3]

Phetrasy died in Vientiane, Laos in 2004.

Footnotes

  1. Tom Vater, "Sousath Phetrasy — Child of a Secret War," Archived 2016-08-27 at the Wayback Machine Southeast Asia Globe, December 15, 2009. Published to the net on TomVater.com/ Retrieved September 5, 2010.
  2. https://www.bol.gov.la/en/fileupload/16-01-2017_1484562094.pdf
  3. "Sousath Phetrasy – Child of a Secret War | Tom Vater". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2010-09-05.

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