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1000 Kip, 1996

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3 Women

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10,000 Kip, 2002

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Front: Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), Prime Minister of Laos 1975-1991, President of Laos 1991-1992

Kaysone Phomvihane dropped out of law school to fight the French colonialists in Vietnam. Later, he joined the Pathet Lao, also fighting the French. Phomvihane rose to become Head of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party, and was eventually elected prime minister and president.

Back: Bridge over Mekong river

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20,000 Kip, 2002

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Front: Kaysone Phomvihane (1920-1992), Prime Minister of Laos 1975-1991, President of Laos 1991-1992

Back: Hydroelectric complex

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1000 Kip, 2008

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3 Native Women

The note was withdrew from circulation within a month after releasing because it depicts three actual people based upon photographs, instead of an artist's rendering of representative Laos women.

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Laos, formerly part of French Indo-China, became an independent republic in 1955. For a more detailed country profile, see CIA World Factbook on Laos.

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