Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit Explained

Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit
Native Name Lang:th
Nationality:Thai
Order:Minister of Transport
Primeminister:Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Term Start:8 September 1942
Term End:1 August 1944
Predecessor:Khuang Aphaiwong
Successor:Khuang Aphaiwong
Order2:Minister of Commerce
Primeminister2:Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Term Start2:10 March
Term End2:8 September 1942
Predecessor2:Sindh Kamalanavin
Successor2:Khuang Aphaiwong
Order3:Deputy Minister of Defence of Thailand
Term Start3:26 September 1941
Term End3:7 March 1942
Alongside3:Mangkon Phomyothi
Primeminister3:Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Predecessor3:Mangkon Phomyothi
Successor3:Phichit Kriangsakphichit
Embed:yes
Order4:Governor of the State Railway of Thailand
Term Start4:1 July 1951
Term End4:10 September 1959
Predecessor4:himself as Director-General
Successor4:Sawai Sawaisanyakon
Order5:Director-General of the State Railway of Thailand
Term Start5:11 November 1949
Term End5:30 June 1951
Predecessor5:Pun Sakuntanak
Successor5:himself as Governor
Term Start6:6 May
Term End6:30 July 1942
Predecessor6:Khuang Aphaiwong (acting)
Successor6:Chalo Sithanakon
Term Start7:1 February 1936
Term End7:10 March 1942
Predecessor7:Phraya Udomyothathiyut
Successor7:Khuang Aphaiwong (acting)
Birth Name:Charun
Birth Date:1895 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Bangkok, Siam
Death Place:Bangkok, Thailand
Party:Khana Ratsadon
Spouse:
Children:2
Honorific-Suffix:MWM PCh ThChW
Branch: Royal Thai Army
Serviceyears:1904–1944
Rank: General[2]
Commands:Phayap Army
Battles:

General Charun Rattanakun Seriroengrit (Luang Seriroengrit) (th|จรูญ รัตนกุล เสรีเริงฤทธิ์), pronounced as /[t͡ɕàruːn ráttànákun sěːriːrɤːŋrít]/ ; October 27, 1895 – July 19, 1983) was a Thai army officer, civil servant and politician. He was a general of the Phayap Army in the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram in World War II.

Careers

In the days of absolute monarchy, the captain Charun Rattanakun got the feudal title of honor Luang Seriroengrit awarded. He joined the Khana Ratsadon, which mean a Coup d'état in 1932 ended the absolute monarchy and replaced Thailand with a constitutional monarchy.

At the meantime Seriroengrit became a colonel and took off in 1938 an important position in the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram. Later, he became head of the State Railway of Thailand.,[3] [4] [5]

After the end of Franco-Thai War, he was promoted to Lieutenant general in February 1942 and moved to the head of Phayap Army (Northeast Army). He was involved to the Burma Campaign and held in the connection part of the occupation of Shan State.[6]

Family

A son from his marriage with Eop Komalavardhana was Colonel . Colonel Aram married Princess Galyani Vadhana in 1944; their daughter is Thanpuying Dhasanawalaya Sornsongkram.

Notes and References

  1. ราชกิจจานุเบกษา, แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์, เล่ม 58, ตอน 0 ง, 18 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2484, หน้า 2942
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20180810173603/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2495/D/020/792.PDF Ratchakitcha
  3. Direk Jayanama: Thailand and World War II. Silkworm Books, Bangkok 2008, S. 5.
  4. Web site: หนังสืออนุสรณ์ พลเอกจรูญ รัตนกุล เสรีเริงฤทธิ์ (หลวงเสรีเริงฤทธิ์)-order 247286- #4917035.
  5. Web site: ลำดับความเป็นมาของคณะรัฐมนตรีไทย คณะที่ 10 – สำนักเลขาธิการคณะรัฐมนตรี.
  6. Web site: "เหมือนขีดชื่อทวดผมออกจากประวัติศาสตร์" พริษฐ์ รัตนกุล เสรีเริงฤทธิ์ ทายาทคณะราษฎร. April 22, 2017.