Somsavat Lengsavad (; born 15 June 1945) is a former Deputy Prime Minister of Laos. An ethnic Chinese, Chinese name: 凌绪光 (Lin Xuguang), who hails from Luang Prabang with ancestry from Hainan, he was a protégé of Kaysone Phomvihane.

In 1961 he joined the Lao People's Revolutionary Party and fought in the Laotian Civil War.

Somsavat Lengsavad

He became foreign minister in 1993 and served until 8 June 2006, when he was replaced by Thongloun Sisoulith.

Somsavat Lengsavad

Besides his native Lao, he is fluent in Standard Chinese.

Somsavat Lengsavad

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Laotian people of Chinese descent

1945 births

Members of the 5th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Members of the 6th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Members of the 7th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Members of the 8th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Members of the 9th Central Committee of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Members of the 8th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Members of the 9th Politburo of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party

Living people

Lao People's Revolutionary Party politicians

Deputy Prime Ministers of Laos

Foreign ministers of Laos

Recipients of the Order of Ho Chi Minh

People from Luang Prabang