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Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

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Prakalahom Department

No.
(Term)
Portrait Name Took office Left office
1 Chao Phraya Mahasaena (Plee) 1782 1793
2 Chao Phraya Akkaramahasaena (Bunnag
Bunnag
The House of Bunnag was a powerful Siamese noble family of the Persian descent of the early Rattanakosin. By the nineteenth century, its power and influence reached its zenith. The family was favored by Chakri monarchs and monopolized high-ranking titles. Three Somdet Chao Phrayas came from the...

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1793 1805
3 Chao Phraya Mahasaena (Pin) 1805 1809
4 Chao Phraya Mahasaena (Boonma) 1805 ?
5 Chao Phraya Worawongsasurasak (Sang Wongsaroj) ? 1809
6 Chao Phraya Mahasaena (Sung) 1822 Early period of Jessadabodindra
Jessadabodindra
Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Jessadabodindra Phra Nangklao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama III , was the third monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 21 July 1824 to 2 April 1851. He succeeded his father, Buddha Loetla Nabhalai, as the King of Siam...

7 Chao Phraya Mahasaena (Sung) ? 1830
8 Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Prayurawongse
Prayurawongse
Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Prayurawongse or Dis Bunnag was a prominent political figure of Siam during the mid-19th century as a regent for Mongkut kingdom-wide...

 (Dis Bunnag)
1830 ?
9 Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Si Suriyawongse
Si Suriyawongse
Somdet Chao Phraya Borom Maha Si Suriyawongse December 23, 1808 – January 19, 1883) was a prominent 19th century Thai figure and served as the regent during the early years of the reign of King Chulalongkorn....

 (Chuang Bunnag)
1855 1869
10 Chao Phraya Surawongwaiwat (Worn Bunnag) 1869 1888
11 Chao Phrya Rattanatibet (Poom Srichaiyant) 1888 1894

Saenabodee of Defence

No.
(term)
Portrait Name Took office Left office
12 General HRH
Royal Highness
Royal Highness is a style ; plural Royal Highnesses...

 Prince Narisara Nuvadtivongs
Narisara Nuvadtivongs
His Royal Highness Prince Chitcharoen, the Prince Narisara Nuvativongse was the son of Mongkut, King Rama IV of Siam and Princess Consort Pannarai. He was the member of the Siamese Royal Family . He created The House of Chitrabhongse , which is the descent family from the Chakri Dynasty...

 
1894 1899
13 Major General HRH Prince Prachaksinlapakhom 1899 1901
14 Field Marshal (Chom Phon
Chom Phon
Chom Phon or Field Marshal of Thailand is a military rank of Thailand in the Royal Thai Army, considered the equivalent to a Field Marshal or General of the Army . Today it is ceremonially held by members of the Thai Royal family and exists only on paper in the actual Thai military...

) HRH Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse
Bhanurangsi Savangwongse
Field Marshal Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse, The Prince Banubandhu Vongsevoradej was a son of HM King Mongkut of Siam and HM Queen Debsirindra....

 
1901 1910
15 Field Marshal HRH Prince Chirapravati Voradej 11 December 1910 4 February 1913
16 Field Marshal Chao Phraya Bodindechanuchit (Mom Rajawongse Aroon Chatkul) 1913 26 August 1921
17 General Chao Phraya Bodindechanuchit (Yam Na Nakorn) 26 August 1921 4 August 1926
18 Field Marshal HRH Prince Paribatra Sukhumbhand  24 August 1926 31 March 1928
19 General HH
Highness
Highness, often used with a possessive adjective , is an attribute referring to the rank of the dynasty in an address...

 Prince Boworadet
1 April 1928 19 June 1931
20 Admiral HRH Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha  8 November 1931 19 June 1932
21 Vice Admiral Phraya Ratchawangsan (Sri Kamonnawin) 12 August 1932 10 December 1932
22 Major General Phraya Prasertsongkram 29 June 1933 11 August 1933

Minister of Defence

No.
(term)
Portrait Name Cabinet Took office Left office Prime minister
Prime Minister of Thailand
The Prime Minister of Thailand is the head of government of Thailand. The Prime Minister is also the chairman of the Cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed since the Revolution of 1932, when the country became a constitutional monarchy....

21
(1,2)
Vice Admiral Phraya Ratchawangsan
(Sri Kamonnawin)
2 10 December 1932 1 April 1933 Phraya Manopakorn Nititada
Phraya Manopakorn Nititada
Phraya Manopakorn Nititada , born Kon Hutasingha , was the first Prime Minister of Siam after the Siamese Revolution of 1932 as he was selected by the leader of the People's Party - the party that instigated the revolution...

3 1 April 1933 20 June 1933
22
(1,2)
Major General Phraya Prasertsongkram 4 21 June 1933 16 December 1933 Colonel Phot Phahonyothin
5 16 December 1933 1 April 1934
23
Colonel Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena
(Phot Phahonyothin)
5 1 April 1934 22 September 1934
24
(1-4)
Major General Plaek Pibulsonggram
Plaek Pibulsonggram
Field Marshal Plaek Pibunsongkhram , often known as Phibun Songkhram or simply Phibun in English, was Prime Minister and virtual military dictator of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957.- Early years :...

6 22 September 1934 9 August 1937
7 10 August 1937 21 December 1937
8 21 December 1937 16 December 1938
9 21 December 1938 19 August 1941 Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram
25 General Mangkorn Phromyothi 9 19 August 1941 15 December 1941
24
(5-6)
Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram 9 15 December 1941 7 March 1942
10 10 March 1942 15 November 1943
26 Lieutenant General Luang Kriengsakpichit
(Pichit Kriengsakpichit)
10 15 November 1943 1 August 1944
27 Admiral Sindhu Kamolnavin 11 2 August 1944 31 August 1945 Major Khuang Abhaiwongse
Khuang Abhaiwongse
Major Luang Khuang Abhaiwongse was three times the prime minister of Thailand.Khuang was born in Battambang now belonging to Cambodia as the son of the Siamese governor of the province Battambang, Chao Phraya Abhayabhubet...

28
(1,2)
Lieutenant General Chit Munsilpa Sinadyodharaksa 12 31 August 1945 17 September 1945 Tawee Boonyaket
Tawee Boonyaket
Tawee Bunyaket was a Thai politician and the prime minister for a short term.After studying at the King's College and the École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon , he started to work as a Government Official at the Thai Ministry of Agriculture...

13 19 September 1945 14 October 1945 Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj
Seni Pramoj
Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj was three times the prime minister of Thailand and a politician in the Democrat Party. A member of the Thai royal family, he was a descendant of King Rama II.-Biography:...

29
(1)
Lieutenant General Jira Wichitsongkhram 13 14 October 1945 31 January 1946
28
(3)
Lieutenant General Chit Munsilpa Sinadyodharaksa 14 2 February 1946 24 March 1946 Major Khuang Abhaiwongse
29
(2-5)
Lieutenant General Jira Wichitsongkhram 15 24 March 1946 11 June 1946 Pridi Banomyong
16 11 June 1946 23 August 1946
17 24 August 1946 30 May 1947 Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi
Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi
Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi was the 8th prime minister of Thailand from 1946-1947.A career naval officer of Chinese ancestry, Admiral Thamrong was a leading member of the anti-Japanese Seri Thai resistance movement during World War II. He became Thailand's elected prime minister on...

18 31 May 1947 8 November 1947
30
(1-3)
Lieutenant General Luang Chatnakrob
(Suk Chatnakrob)
19 11 November 1947 21 February 1948

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