Claim: Kong Le, who bloodlessly seized the Royal Lao Government in Vientiane, displaced Phoumi with a coup on 10 August 1960; then on April 18, 1964, Phoumi, just like how he displaced Kong Le, was displaced by Siho Lamphouthacoul with another coup.
Evidence: Captain (later Major General) Kong Le (Lao: ກອງແລ; 6 March 1934 – 17 January 2014) was a paratrooper in the Royal Lao Army. The idealistic young American-trained Lao Theung officer became known worldwide when on 10 August 1960 he and his mutinous paratroopers overthrew the Royal Lao Government in a coup d'état. The 25 December coup in Vientiane succeeded without harming anyone.