The year 1975 was the 194th year of the
Rattanakosin Kingdom of
Thailand. It was the 30th year in the reign of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2518 in the
Buddhist Era
The Buddhist calendar is a set of lunisolar calendars primarily used in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, India, Sri Lanka, and Thailand as well as in Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam by Chinese populations for religious or official occasions. While the ...
.
Incumbents
*
King:
Bhumibol Adulyadej
*
Crown Prince:
Vajiralongkorn
Vajiralongkorn ( th, วชิราลงกรณ; , ; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand. He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father. After his ...
*
Prime Minister:
** until 26 February:
Sanya Dharmasakti
Sanya Dharmasakti ( th, สัญญา ธรรมศักดิ์, , ; 5 April 1907 – 6 January 2002) was a Thai jurist, university professor and politician. He served as the 12th Prime Minister of Thailand from 1973 to 1975.
Sanya Dh ...
** 15 February – 13 March:
Seni Pramoj
Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj ( th, หม่อมราชวงศ์เสนีย์ ปราโมช, , ; 26 May 190528 July 1997) was three times the Prime Minister of Thailand, a politician in the Democrat Party, lawyer, diplomat and pr ...
** starting 14 March:
Kukrit Pramoj
*
Supreme Patriarch:
Ariyavangsagatayana VII
Events
January
* 57 primary school teachers quit in Yala province, sending 1,000 students back home. This was due to fears among teachers that they may face violent from seperatists.
* 26 January -
1975 Thai general election
General elections were held in Thailand on 26 January 1975. The result was a victory for the new Democrat Party, which won 72 of the 269 seats. Voter turnout was 47.2%.Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A ...
Dieter Nohlen
Dieter Nohlen (born 6 November 1939) is a German academic and political scientist. He currently holds the position of Emeritus Professor of Political Science in the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg. An expe ...
, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) ''Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II'', p 284
February
* 17 February - A 6.0 magnitude earthquake near the Myanmar border is felt in 9 provinces including Bangkok.
* 30 April - the
Stock Exchange of Thailand
The Stock Exchange of Thailand ( th, ตลาดหลักทรัพย์แห่งประเทศไทย), or SET, is the only stock exchange in Thailand. Founded on 30 April 1975, it is ASEAN’s 2nd largest after Singapore and the ...
officially starts trading.
Births
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17 June
Events Pre-1600
* 653 – Pope Martin I is arrested and taken to Constantinople, due to his opposition to monothelitism.
* 1242 – Following the Disputation of Paris, twenty-four carriage loads of Jewish religious manuscripts were bur ...
–
Phiyada Akkraseranee
Phiyada Akkaraseranee ( Thai: พิยดา อัครเศรณี), later Phiyada Jutharattanakul ( Thai: พิยดา จุฑารัตนกุล), nickname Aom ( th, อ้อม; ), (born June 17, 1975), is a Thai actress, mod ...
, actress
References
Years of the 20th century in Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
1970s in Thailand
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