Sarit

Military dictator of Thailand from 1959 to 1963

Sarit
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 military officer and politician who served as de facto prime minister of Thailand from 1958 to 1959 and 11th prime minister of Thailand from 1959 to 1963. He staged the 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. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarit_Thanarat

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