Kaysone Phomvihane
However Laotian communists rejected the French offer and fought side by side with Vietnamese communists during the First Indochina War. In 1950 Lao Issara was renamed to Pathet Lao ("Laos Nation") under leadership of Souphanouvong, Kaysone Phomvihane, Phoumi Vongvichit, etc.