# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/soukanh-mahalath
# Generated: 2026-08-14T21:20:06.420Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/soukanh-mahalath"
name: "Soukanh Mahalath"
slug: "soukanh-mahalath"
description: "Soukanh Mahalath was a Laotian politician and member of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party. Mahalath was the Mayor of Vientiane, the country's capital city, until his death in May 2014. He had previously held the positions of Minister of Finance from 2001 to 2003 and the governor of the Bank of the Lao P.D.R., the country's central bank, from 1999 until 2001."
tagline: "Laotian politician (1955-2014)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/0/03/Soukanh_Mahalath.jpg"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1954-06-07"
deathDate: "2014-05-17"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           36.74
  momentum:             0
  historical:           6.336717333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%8F%E7%94%98%C2%B7%E9%A9%AC%E5%93%88%E6%8B%89"
    title: "苏甘·马哈拉"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukanh_Mahalath"
    title: "Soukanh Mahalath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukanh_Mahalath"
    title: "Soukanh Mahalath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukanh_Mahalath"
    title: "Soukanh Mahalath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AF%8C%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%A9%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%AE%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%A4%E0%AF%8D"
    title: "சௌகான் மகாலத்"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%99_%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94"
    title: "สุกัน มะหาลาด"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soukanh_Mahalath"
    title: "Soukanh Mahalath"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16906744"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump