The Lao Issara () yaive anti-French, isiri-communist nationalist kufamba yakaumbwa musi wa12 Gumiguru 1945 naPrince Phetsarath. Iri sangano risingagari kwenguva refu rakabuda pashure pokukundwa kweJapan
muHondo Yenyika II uye vakava hurumende yeLaos pamberi pokudzoka kwevaFrance. Chinangwa chacho chaiva chokudzivisa vaFrance kudzorera utongi hwavo paLaos. Boka racho rakaparara muna 1949.