Pathet Lao

E172012

communist political organization insurgent movement revolutionary organization

The Pathet Lao was a communist political and military organization in Laos that, backed by North Vietnam and the Soviet bloc, fought the Royal Lao Government and ultimately seized power to establish the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Pathet Lao canonical	18
Pathet Lao armed forces	1
Pathet Lao leadership	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	communist political organization ⓘ insurgent movement ⓘ revolutionary organization ⓘ
activeDuring	1950s ⓘ 1960s ⓘ 1970s ⓘ
alliedWith	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ Viet Cong ⓘ
armedStruggleAgainst	Royal Lao Army ⓘ
associatedWith	Indochinese Communist Party ⓘ
cameToPowerIn	1975 ⓘ
conflict	Indochina conflicts ⓘ surface form: Indochina Wars Vietnam War ⓘ
country	Laos ⓘ
foundedBy	Kaysone Phomvihane ⓘ Prince Souphanouvong ⓘ
goal	establishment of a socialist state in Laos ⓘ overthrow of the Royal Lao Government ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Viengxay ⓘ
ideology	Marxism–Leninism ⓘ communism ⓘ
language	Lao ⓘ
mergedInto	Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ surface form: Lao People's Revolutionary Party
militaryWing	Lao People’s Armed Forces ⓘ surface form: Lao People's Liberation Army
notableLeader	Kaysone Phomvihane ⓘ Nouhak Phoumsavanh ⓘ Phoumi Vongvichit ⓘ Prince Souphanouvong ⓘ
opposedTo	Laos ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Laos Royal Lao Government ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
partOf	Laotian Civil War ⓘ
politicalPosition	far-left ⓘ
politicalWing	Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ surface form: Lao People's Revolutionary Party
receivedMilitaryAidFrom	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
region	Laos ⓘ
resultedIn	establishment of the Lao People's Democratic Republic ⓘ
significantEvent	coalition government with Royal Lao Government in 1973 ⓘ seizure of Vientiane in 1975 ⓘ
succeededBy	Lao People’s Revolutionary Party ⓘ surface form: Lao People's Revolutionary Party
supportedBy	Democratic Republic of Vietnam ⓘ surface form: North Vietnam China ⓘ surface form: People's Republic of China Soviet Union ⓘ
usedBaseArea	Viengxay caves ⓘ

Referenced by (20)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Laotian Civil War → hasMainBelligerent → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Laotian Civil War → opposedBy → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Laotian Civil War → involvedOrganization → Pathet Lao ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pathet Lao armed forces

Ho Chi Minh Trail (logistical network named after him) → supportedBy → Pathet Lao ⓘ

subject surface form: Ho Chi Minh Trail

Indochina conflicts → hasParticipant → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Royal Lao Government → opposedBy → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Hmong forces → opponent → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Secret War → hasParticipant → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Secret War → opposedBy → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Secret War → hasMainBelligerent → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Secret War in Laos → hasParticipant → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Secret War in Laos → opposedBy → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Souvanna Phouma → opponent → Pathet Lao ⓘ

this entity surface form: Pathet Lao leadership

Souphanouvong → memberOf → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Souphanouvong → founderOf → Pathet Lao ⓘ

1973 Vientiane Agreement → party → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Operation Barrel Roll → opponent → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Royal Lao Army → opposedTo → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Vang Pao → opposed → Pathet Lao ⓘ

Royal Lao Air Force → opposed → Pathet Lao ⓘ