Kingdom of Laos

The **Kingdom of Laos** was the was the form of government in Laos from 1947 to 1975.

Located in Southeast Asia at the heart of the Indochinese Peninsula, it was bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, North Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and southwest. It was governed as a Constitutional monarchy, under the Khun Lo dynasty. Its last king, Sisavang Vatthana abdicated the throne in 1975 after his defeat in the Laotian civil war. he and his family were sent to a re-education camp by the new government. The Pathet Lao would eventually emerge victorious in the Laotian Civil War and establish the Lao People's Democratic Republic in 1975.

## Infobox (country)

- **conventional long name**: Kingdom of Laos
- **native name**:

- **image flag**: Flag of Laos (1952–1975).svg
- **flag caption**: Flag of Laos, Flag
- **image coat**: Royal Seal of the Kingdom of Laos.svg
- **symbol type**: Emblem of Laos, Coat of arms
- **national anthem**:

"Hymn of the Lao People"
- **image map**: Laos (orthographic projection).svg
- **largest city**: Vientiane
- **official languages**: Lao language, Lao
 French language, French
- **languages type**: Spoken languages
- **ethnic groups**: Lao people, Lao
 Khmu people, Khmu
 Hmong people, Hmong
 Phouthai
 Tai people, Tai
 Makong
 Katang people, Katang
 Lu people, Lue
 Akha people, Akha
- **religion**: Buddhism in Laos, Buddhism (State religion, official)
 Tai folk religion
 Christianity
 Other/Irreligion
- **government type**: Unitary state, Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
*under military dictatorship (1959–1960)
- **legislature**: Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos, Parliament
- **upper house**: Parliament of the Kingdom of Laos#Royal Council, Royal Council
- **lower house**: National Assembly (Laos), National Assembly
- **area km2**: 236800
- **currency**: Lao kip, Kip (₭)
- **currency code**: LAK
- **time zone**: Time in Laos, ICT
- **utc offset**: +7
- **date format**: dmy
- **drives on**: right
- **calling code**: +856
- **iso3166code**: LA
- **status**: French protectorate
(1947–1953)
Independent state
(1953–1975)
- **year end**: 1975
- **life span**: 1947–1975
- **year start**: 1953
- **flag type**: Flag of Laos, Alter flag
(1947-1975)
- **title leader**: List of monarchs of Laos, King
- **year leader1**: 1946–1959
- **leader1**: Sisavang Vong
- **year leader2**: 1959–1975
- **leader2**: Sisavang Vatthana
- **title deputy**: Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Laos, Prime Minister
- **year deputy1**: 1947–1948 <small>(first)</small>
- **deputy1**: Souvannarath
- **year deputy2**: 1962–1975 <small>(last)</small>
- **deputy2**: Souvanna Phouma
- **event pre**: French protectorate of Laos#End of colonialism in Laos, Unification
- **date pre**: 11 May 1947
- **event start**: Independence
- **date start**: 22 October
- **event1**: 1954 Geneva Conference, Recognized
- **date event1**: 21 July 1954
- **event2**: United Nations United Nations Security Council Resolution 109, admission
- **date event2**: 14 December 1955
- **date event3**: 23 August 1975
- **date end**: 2 December
- **stat pop1**: 3,100,000
- **p1**: French Protectorate of Laos
- **s1**: LaosLao People's Democratic Republic
- **flag p1**: Flag of Laos (1893-1952).svg
- **flag p2**: Flag of France (1794–1815, 1830–1958).svg
- **p2**: French Indochina
- **flag s1**: Flag of Laos.svg
- **flag s2**: Flag of Laos (1952–1975).svg
- **s2**: Royal Lao Government in Exile
- **today**: Laos