Thawi Bunyaket (also spelt ''Thawee Bunyaget''; th, ทวี บุณยเกตุ, ; 10 November 1904 – 3 November 1971) was a Thai politician and the

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for a short term.

Early life and education

After studying at the King's College,

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and the École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon (France), he started to work as a government official at the

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Political careers

On 24 June 1932 he joined the coup group of the 1932 coup, the People's Party. He became secretary general in the cabinet of Field Marshal Phibunsongkhram, and Minister of Education in the cabinet of

Khuang Abhaiwongse Khuang Aphaiwong (also spelled ''Kuang'', ''Abhaiwong'', or ''Abhaiwongse''; th, ควง อภัยวงศ์, ; 17 May 1902 – 15 March 1968), also known by his noble title Luang Kowit-aphaiwong ( th, หลวงโกวิทอ� ...

. When Khuang resigned directly after the end of World War II, he was elected as prime minister on 31 August 1945 and formed the 12th Thai administration. However he was only chosen because the preferred candidate

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 ...

, chief of the

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, wasn't available. Seventeen days after his election, on 17 September, he resigned to free the post for Seni Pramoj. Later he became President of the Constitutional Drafting Committee in the government of Field Marshal

Sarit Thanarat Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (also spelt ''Dhanarajata''; th, สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์, ; 16 June 1908 – 8 December 1963) was a Thai general who staged a coup in 1957, replacing Plaek Phibunsongkhram as Thailand's prime m ...

Honours and awards

Civil Service of Siam rank

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Early life and education

Political careers

Honours and awards

Civil Service of Siam rank

References

See also