Thawan Thamrongnawasawat (also spelt Thawal Thamrongnavaswadhi or Thawal Thamrongnavasawat; Thai: ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์, IPA: [tʰà.wǎn tʰam.roŋ.naː.waː.sà.wàt]; Chinese: 郑连淡; pinyin: Zhèng Liándàn[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.
Thawan Thamrongnawasawat | |
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ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์ | |
 Thawan in 1959 | |
| 8th Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| In office 23 August 1946 – 8 November 1947 | |
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Preceded by | Pridi Banomyong |
| Succeeded by | Khuang Aphaiwong |
| Minister of Justice | |
| In office 11 June 1946 – 8 November 1947 | |
| Prime Minister |
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| Preceded by | Luang Chamnarnnitikaset |
| Succeeded by | Seni Pramoj |
| Minister of Interior | |
| In office February 1935 – December 1938 | |
| Prime Minister | Phraya Phahon |
| Preceded by | Pridi Banomyong |
| Succeeded by | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Thawan[a] 21 November 1901 Ayutthaya, Krung Kao, Siam (now Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand) |
| Died | 3 December 1988 (aged 87) Phramongkutklao Hospital, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand (now Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand) |
| Political party | Khana Ratsadon |
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| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Thailand |
| Branch | Royal Thai Navy |
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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
editThawan 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.[citation needed]
Academic rank
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editThawan has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
Victory Medal - World War II
Safeguarding the Constitution Medal
Medal for Service Rendered in the Indochina (Franco-Thai War)
Medal for Service in the Interior - Asia (Pacific War)
Chakrabarti Mala Medal
King Rama VIII Royal Cypher Medal, 1st
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Notes
edit- ^ At that time, Thailand did not have surnames
References
edit- ^ a b "พระราชทานยสทหาน" (PDF) (in Thai). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 17 September 1943. p. 2918. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ "พระราชทานยสทหาน" (PDF) (in Thai). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 19 January 1943. p. 282. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
- ^ [泰国] 洪林, 黎道纲主编 (April 2006). 泰国华侨华人研究. 香港社会科学出版社有限公司. pp. 17, 185. ISBN 962-620-127-4.
- ^ (in Chinese) 臺北科技大學紅樓資訊站 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "ปิดตำนาน นายกฯ ลิ้นทอง พล.ร.ต.ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์". 3 December 2019.
- ^ "ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่องตั้งศาสตราจารย์วิสามัญแห่งมหาวิทยาลัย วิชาธรรมศาสตร์และการเมือง" [Announcement of the Prime Minister's Office on the Appointment of an Adjunct Professor of Thammasat University and Political Science] (PDF) (in Thai). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 August 2018.
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