Kou Abhay (Lao: ກຸ ອະໄພ; 7 December 1892[1] – 1 April 1964[citation needed]) was a Lao politician.
He was governor of Champasak Province from 1941 to 1947, when he was appointed as the minister for education and health. In 1949, he was appointed the President of the Royal Council.[1]
He was the older brother of Nhouy Abhay, who served as the National Education and Fine Arts Minister and was also the father of General Kouprasith Abhay (1932–2011) who launched a right-wingcoup d'état on 19 April 1964.[2][3][4]
^US Department of State Office of the Historian, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1958–1960, East Asia-Pacific Region; Cambodia; Laos, Volume XVI-
^Time Magazine Article published 1 February 1961 "Brother Act"
^Time Magazine Article published 3 February 1961 "Time for Poets"
