Thongbanh Sengaphone

Thongbanh Sengaphone
Thongbanh Sengaphone
	Thongbanh attending the 9th Association of Southeast Asian Nations ministerial conference on Transnational Crime
Member of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party
	In office; 22 March 2006 – 17 May 2014
Leader	Choummaly Sayasone
Minister of Public Security
	In office; 9 June 2006 – 17 May 2014
Preceded by	Soutchay Thammasith
Succeeded by	Vilay Lakhamfong
Personal details
Born	2 May 1953; Thouai Beang, Kingdom of Laos
Died	17 May 2014 (aged 61); Baan Nadi, Lao People's Democratic Republic
Political party	Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Thongbanh Sengaphone (Lao: ທອງບັນ ແສງອາພອນ; 2 May 1953 – 17 May 2014) was a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP). He served as Minister of Public Security and held seats in the LPRP's Central Committee (appointed at the 7th Congress of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party) and the Secretariat (appointed at the 8th Party Congress).^[1]

On 17 May 2014, Sengaphone died when the plane he was traveling on crashed in northern Laos.^[2]^[3] He was traveling to Xiangkhouang Province to attend a ceremony celebrating the 55th anniversary of the second division of the Lao People's Army.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ "Members of the Lao Government". Lao News Agency. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2010.
^ Lao deputy PM dies in plane crash Bangkok Post. 17 May 2014. Accessed 17 May 2014.
^ "Máy bay quân sự rơi tại Lào". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-18.

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[1] "Members of the Lao Government". Lao News Agency. Archived from the original on June 3, 2011. Retrieved September 4, 2010.

[2] Lao deputy PM dies in plane crash Bangkok Post. 17 May 2014. Accessed 17 May 2014.

[3] "Máy bay quân sự rơi tại Lào". Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-18.

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