Katay Don Sasorith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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nationalist, politician, author, and prime minister of Laos
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Place of Birth: Pakse, Champasak Province, Laos
About Katay Don Sasorith
- Katay Don Sasorith (July 12, 1904 – December 29, 1959) was a Laos nationalist, politician, author, and the 8th Prime Minister of Laos (October 25, 1954–March 21, 1956). After working as a civil servant, Katay became chief spokesman of the national resistance movement against the Japanese and then the French, during and after World War II.
- He held a short-lived post as minister of finance in the provisional government, but had to join the government in exile in Thailand.
- He published a newspaper under the pseudonym William Rabbit (Katay meaning rabbit). After returning to Vientiane in 1949, Katay was elected prime minister in 1954.
- In that position, he managed to play on U.S.
- fears of the Viet Minh invading Laos to get substantial aid for his country.
- He was succeeded in 1956 by prince Souvanna Phouma. Katay Don Sasorith died in Vientiane, Laos.
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