Kong Le Military person
Kong Le (1933 or 1934 — 17 January 2014) was a paratrooper officer in the Royal Lao Army. He became known during the First Laotian Civil War when in 1960 he overthrew the government in a coup d'état. After the coup, he became commander of the army, but was not accepted by most of the troops, who fought against him. In the Civil War, he was part of the neutralist party, ready to co-operate with the pro-communist Pathet Lao. During the Second Lao Civil War in 1963 however he allied with the rightist anti-communist forces. In 1966 he was politically shunned and went into exile.