Back Sarit Thanarat Afrikaans سارات ثانارارت Arabic Sarit Thanarat Bislama Sarit Thanarat German Sarit Thanarat Spanish Sarit Thanarat Basque ساریت تانارت Persian Sarit Thanarat Finnish Sarit Thanarat French סריט תאנראט HE
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Sarit Thanarat | |
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สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์ | |
 Thanarat in 1962 | |
| 11th Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| In office 9 February 1959 – 8 December 1963 | |
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Deputy | See list |
| Preceded by | Himself as de facto Prime Minister |
| Succeeded by | Thanom Kittikachorn |
| De facto Prime Minister of Thailand Head of the Revolutionary Council | |
| In office 20 October 1958 – 9 February 1959 | |
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Preceded by | Thanom Kittikachorn |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Prime Minister |
| In office 16 September 1957 – 21 September 1957 | |
| Monarch | Bhumibol Adulyadej |
| Preceded by | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Succeeded by | Pote Sarasin |
| Minister of National Development | |
| In office 23 May 1963 – 8 December 1963 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Succeeded by | Pote Sarasin |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 31 March 1957 – 12 September 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Preceded by | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Succeeded by | Thanom Kittikachorn |
| Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces | |
| In office 27 September 1957 – 8 December 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Succeeded by | Thanom Kittikachorn |
| Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army | |
| In office 23 June 1954 – 8 December 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Phin Choonhavan |
| Succeeded by | Thanom Kittikachorn |
| Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police | |
| In office 9 February 1959 – 8 December 1963 | |
| Preceded by | Sawai Saenyakorn |
| Succeeded by | Prasert Ruchirawongse |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 June 1908 Bangkok, Krung Thep, Siam (now Phra Nakhon, Bangkok, Thailand) |
| Died | 8 December 1963 (aged 55) Phramongkutklao Hospital, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand (now Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand) |
| Spouse | 4 (81 mistresses) |
| Children | 7 (1 adopted) |
| Profession | |
| Signature |  |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Thailand |
| Branch/service | Royal Thai Army Royal Thai Navy(honorary) Royal Thai Air Force(honorary) Royal Thai Police Volunteer Defense Corps Royal Thai Armed Forces |
| Years of service | 1928 - 1963 |
| Rank | Field Marshal[1] Admiral of the Fleet[2] Marshal of the Air Force Police General[3] VDC Gen.[4] |
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| Battles/wars | Boworadet rebellion Japanese conquest of Burma Vietnam war |
Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (also spelt Dhanarajata; Thai: สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์, pronounced [sā.rìt tʰā.ná.rát]; 16 June 1908 – 8 December 1963) was a Thai general who staged a coup in 1957, replacing Plaek Phibunsongkhram as Thailand's prime minister until Sarit died in 1963. He was born in Bangkok, but grew up in his mother's home town in Isan-speaking northeastern Thailand and considered himself from Isan. His father, Major Luang Ruangdetanan (birth name Thongdi Thanarat), was a career army officer best known for his translations into Thai of Cambodian literature.[5][6][7] He had partial Chinese ancestry.[5][6][7]
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- ^ a b Gale, T. 2005. Encyclopedia of World Biographies.
- ^ a b Smith Nieminen Win (2005). Historical Dictionary of Thailand (2nd ed.). Praeger Publishers. p. 225. ISBN 978-0-8108-5396-6.
- ^ a b Richard Jensen, Jon Davidann, Sugita (2003). Trans-Pacific Relations: America, Europe, and Asia in the Twentieth Century. Praeger Publishers. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-275-97714-6.
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