Samane Vignaket (Lao: ສະໝານ ວິຍະເກດ; 3 March 1927 – 22 July 2016)[1] was a Laotian politician and Lieutenant General, who served as the 1st President of the National Assembly of Laos[2] from 1993 to 2006.

[4] Vignaket was born in Phichit Province, Siam to a Vietnamese immigrant family.

(In official biography before he died, he was identified that he was born in Attapeu Province.)

Vignaket was elected as Head of the LPRP Central Committee Organization Board in 1982 and again in 1986, serving until 1989.

Through this role, he was in charge of ideological and cultural works of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP).