Phayvanh Chanthalangsy

Chanthalangsy Phayvanh (: ຈັນທະລັງສີ ໄພວັນ; : Chanthalangsi Phaiwan); Yuwol 13, 1907 – Samwol 3, 1989) was a Lom politician, and founder of the Democratic People's Commune of Lomtai, which he led its foundation in Guwol of 1937 until his death in Samwol of 1989. Following the People's Communist Coup of 1937, Chanthalangsy held the positions of  during the Void Year (1937-1938), and the title of Grand Chairman from 1938-1989.

Under the leadership of Chanthalangsy Phayvanh, Lomtai underwent a decades-long period of radical social change. Political purges and witch hunts saw the imprisonment of alleged political adversaries, and individuals who were openly critical of the government. Between 1943 and 1947, Chanthalangsy ordered the construction of nearly two-dozen internment camps, of which over three-million people were sent to.

Throughout the 1950s the the 1970s, Lomtai suffered mass famine and a two year-long, which resulted in the deaths of roughly 3% of Lomtai's population at the time. Chanthalangsy pushed to allocate resources to immediate areas such as, Homphu Sung province, Banvuchuan, and other major metropolitan areas.

=Early life=

Family background
Chanthalangsy Phayvanh was born on Yuwol 13, 1907 to Chanthalangsy Mahasajun and Moua Salat in Kabeny, a small village near Banvuchuan which, since 1922, has been incorporated into Banchuchuan.

It is believed that the Chanthalangsy family originated from H̄ubk̄heā mụ̄d, Suwannaphum. During the Suwannaphumese invasions of Lomtai, Chantarangsi Kham, settled in Pomphu in Thonglun province in 1718]].

Communist activities
=Grand Chairman of Lomtai=

Death
=Personal life=