Bangkok Post: Celebrating Pridi Banomyong through film
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Pridi Banomyong
Pridi Banomyong, also known by his noble title Luang Praditmanutham, was a Thai lawyer, professor, activist, politician, democratic socialist, and senior statesman. He served in multiple ministerial posts, as regent, and as prime minister in Thailand. He led the civilian wing of Khana Ratsadon, and helped found the University of Moral and Political Sciences and the Bank of Thailand.
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politics · Prime Minister of Thailand in 1946 · statesperson · lawyer · screenwriter · jurist · head of government · politician · also Pridi Banomyong, Banomyong
Born 11 May 1900 · Died 2 May 1983 · Q714934
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1997· 1 entry
The Thai government dedicated a park in eastern Bangkok to the Free Thai resistance movement
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1983· 2 entries
Died 1983-05-02.
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And his ashes were brought back to Thailand three years later
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1970· 1 entry
Travelled to France, where he spent the remainder of his life
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1949· 2 entries
In order to stage a coup d'état against Phibun's dictatorship
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Failed and Pridi spent the rest of his life living in exile
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1946· 4 entries
But his political opponents painted him as the mastermind behind the mysterious death of King Ananda Mahidol, and a coup in 1947 cost him his political power
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Became the 8th Prime Minister of the country
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Career landmark: Prime Minister of Thailand (1946–1946).
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Career landmark: Minister of Finance of Thailand (1946–1946).
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1942· 1 entry
- Medal for Service Rendered in the Interior (Indochina)
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1934· 1 entry
To found Thammasat University as an open university, before assuming the posts of Minister of the Interior that year, Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1935, and Minister of Finance in 1938
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1933· 1 entry
Pridi published the Draft National Economic Plan, also known as the "Yellow cover dossier", a radical economic plan calling for the nationalisation of land, public employment, and social security
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1920· 1 entry
Won a royal scholarship granted by the King of Siam to study in France, where he graduated from the University of Caen with a master's degree, and received a doctorate from the University of Paris in 1927
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1919· 1 entry
Received a government scholarship to study law and political economy at Sciences Po in Paris
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1915· 1 entry
Following a royal decree issued by King Vajiravudh, Pridi and his family dropped "Nai" from their names
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1900· 1 entry
Born 1900-05-11.
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