Thawan Thamrongnawasawat Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Rear Admiral
Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
Native Name Lang:th
Order:8th
Office:Prime Minister of Thailand
Term Start:23 August 1946
Term End:8 November 1947
Predecessor:Pridi Banomyong
Successor:Khuang Aphaiwong
Office1:Minister of Justice
Term Start1:11 June 1946
Term End1:8 November 1947
Predecessor1:Luang Chamnarnnitikaset
Successor1:Seni Pramoj
Order2:Minister of Interior
Term Start2:February 1935
Term End2:December 1938
Primeminister2:Phraya Phahon
Predecessor2:Pridi Banomyong
Successor2:Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Birth Name:Thawan
Birth Date:1901 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Ayutthaya, Krung Kao, Siam (now Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand)
Death Place:Phramongkutklao Hospital, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand (now Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand)
Party:Khana Ratsadon
Signature:Thawan Thamrongnawasawat signature.svg
Allegiance:Thailand
Branch:Royal Thai Navy
Branch Label:Branch
Rank:

Thawan Thamrongnawasawat (also spelt Thawal Thamrongnavaswadhi or Thawal Thamrongnavasawat; Thai: ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์, in Thai pronounced as /tʰà.wǎn tʰam.roŋ.naː.waː.sà.wàt/; [3] [4]); 21 November 1901 – 3 December 1988), also known by his noble title as Luang Thamrongnawasawat, was the eighth Prime Minister of Thailand from 1946–1947. Before becoming a politician, he was a naval officer, holding the rank of rear admiral.

Education

Careers

A career naval officer of Chinese ancestry, Thamrong was a leading member of the anti-Japanese Free Thai Movement resistance movement during World War II. He became Thailand's elected prime minister on 23 August 1946, replacing Pridi Banomyong. However, he was removed from office by a military coup orchestrated by Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram on 8 November 1947. Khuang Aphaiwong then assumed the post of prime minister.[5]

After King Rama VII abdicated the throne, Thamrong was appointed by the government to be the leader of a faculty of representatives to travel to invite Prince Ananda Mahidol, who was living in Switzerland with his mother and two siblings, to ascend to the throne as King Rama VIII of the Chakri dynasty.

However, due to political fluctuations, a coup eventually occurred originating from within a group of soldiers led by Phin Choonhavan on 8 November 1947, resulting in Thamrong having to leave the country and stay in Hong Kong for a period. When Thamrong later returned to Thailand he was appointed as a member of the Constitutional Drafting Assembly. After that, he lived a relatively quietly life.

Death

Thawan Thamrongnawasawat died on 3 December 1988 at Phramongkutklao Hospital, aged 87 years, being the first and only naval officer to date who has served as prime minister.

Academic rank

Royal decorations

Thawan has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:

References

  1. Web site: พระราชทานยสทหาน . 17 September 1943 . . 10 April 2023 . 2918 . th.
  2. Web site: พระราชทานยสทหาน . 19 January 1943 . . 10 April 2023 . 282 . th.
  3. Book: 泰国华侨华人研究. [泰国] 洪林, 黎道纲主编. 香港社会科学出版社有限公司. April 2006. 17, 185. 962-620-127-4.
  4. 臺北科技大學紅樓資訊站
  5. Web site: ปิดตำนาน นายกฯ ลิ้นทอง พล.ร.ต.ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์. 3 December 2019.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20180804200807/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2482/D/809.PDF