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Soulivong SavangCrown Prince Soulivong Savang (born May 8, 1963) was born at the Royal Palace, Luang Prabang, Laos to Prince Vong Savang and Princess Mahneelai. He lives in exile in France. Biography Savang a Pretender to the Kingdom of Laos, which has been a Constitutional Monarchy until 1975, when the Communist Pathet Lao took over the nation. After the communist revolution, members of the Royal Family were taken into captivity. Savang escaped from captivity from Laos with his younger brother Prince Thayavong Savang in 1981, arriving in France as political refugees and currently lives in exile there. He attended the University of Clermont-Ferrand in France and also obtained a law degree. He has been working to bring "social and charitable reforms" for the people of Laos and the return of a Constitutional Monarchy to Laos to benefit the people. His Uncle Prince Sauryavong Savang currently head of the Laotian royal family and acts as regent to his nephew. In September 1997, he and his brother Prince Thayavong Savang along with their Uncle Prince Sauryavong Savang initiated a Royal Lao Conference in Seattle, United States, over three hundred Lao exiles and representatives of the Hmongs community. A resolution was established at this historic meeting between the Lao and Hmongs leaders and the Royal Family and it held the common goal to change "the totalitarian regime to a genuine democratic system", and "the reunification of the Lao people". He works along with other members of the Laos Royal Family such as Prince Sauryavong Savang, Prince Mangkra Souvannaphouma and Prince Thayavong Savang to establish a constitutional monarchy in Laos. See also Vang Tao Incident Quotes - "If they need me to be Lao King I will be at their disposal."
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