Khampheng Boupha (Lao: ຄຳແພງ ບຸບຜາ; 15 January 1923 – 2011) was a Laotian politician who served as a member of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and President of the Lao Women's Union.
Khampheng Boupha | |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 January 1923 Luang Prabang, Laos |
| Died | 2011 (aged 87–88) |
| Political party | Lao People's Revolutionary Party |
| Spouse |
Khamphay Boupha (m. 1943) |
| Occupation | Teacher |
Early life edit
Khampheng Boupha was born in Luang Prabang and completed her schooling from there.[1]
Career edit
Khampheng began her career as a teacher and later took up translation work.[2] From 1946 to 1949, she stayed in Thailand with her husband, a member of the Lao Issara government. A year later, both of them joined the Free Laos Front. She won the May 1958 supplementary elections for Luang Prabang and became a member of the National Assembly of Laos. It was during this time that the Boupha couple was actively involved with the Pathet Lao communist movement in Vietnam.[1]
In 1979, Khampheng became a member of the newly formed Lao Front for National Development's Standing Committee and three years later was elected to the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party.[1] Owing to health issues, she did not stand for re-election. She also served as president of Lao Women's Union and Secretary of State for Rural Affairs.[3][4]
Personal life edit
In 1943, Khampheng married Khamphay Boupha,[1] who served as the Laotian deputy minister of foreign affairs from 1975 to 1985.[5] Kampheng Boupha died in 2011.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d Stuart-Fox, Martin (2008). Historical Dictionary of Laos. Scarecrow Press. p. 155. ISBN 978-0-8108-6411-5.
- ^ Blackburn, Susan; Ting, Helen (2013). Women in Southeast Asian Nationalist Movements. NUS Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-9971-69-674-0.
- ^ Zasloff, Joseph J.; Unger, Leonard (1991). Laos: Beyond the Revolution. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 175, 342. ISBN 978-1-349-11214-2.
- ^ Dommen, Arthur J. (2002). The Indochinese Experience of the French and the Americans: Nationalism and Communism in Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Indiana University Press. p. 498. ISBN 0-253-10925-6.
- ^ "Former Party Central Committee Member and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr Khamphay Boupha, is Dead at 92". Vientiane Times. 5 January 2009.
- ^ Souvannamethy Kou, Mahaku. Khampheng Boupha (1923–2011). p. 1. Retrieved 5 March 2022.