Prince Paripatra Sukhumbhand, Prince of Nakhon Sawan (Thai:

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 สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ เจ้าฟ้าบริพัตรสุขุมพันธุ์ กรมพระนครสวรรค์วรพินิต) was a highly influential Thai

Thailand

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 military officer and government minister

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 in the early 20th century during the last years of the absolute monarchy

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. He served as Chief of Staff of the Royal Thai Army, Commander of the Royal Thai Navy

Royal Thai Navy

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, Naval Minister, Army Minister, Defense Minister, Interior Minister, and as a Privy Counsellor to both King Vajiravudh

Vajiravudh

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramentharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Phra Bat Somdet Phra Ramathibodi Si Sintharamaha Vajiravudh Phra Mongkut Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VI was the sixth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, ruling from 1910 until his death...

 and King Prajadhipok

Prajadhipok

Phra Bat Somdet Phra Poramintharamaha Prajadhipok Phra Pok Klao Chao Yu Hua , or Rama VII was the seventh monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri. He was the last absolute monarch and the first constitutional monarch of the country. His reign was a turbulent time for Siam due to huge political...

.

. After the 1932 coup

Siamese Revolution of 1932

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 that ended the absolute monarchy in Siam, he was exile

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d from the kingdom to Bandung

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, Indonesia

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, which was then under the Dutch administration. During World War II

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 he cooperated with 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 :...

. He died in 1944 while in exile, in Japanese-controlled Indonesia.

A half-brother to two Thai kings, Prince Paripatra fathered eight children by his royal wife, Mom Chao (HSH Princess) Prasongsom Paripatra (Chaiyan). Two were sons, but only one, Chombhot Paripatra, lived to adulthood. Prince Paripatra also had a son with a commoner wife, Mom Somphan Paripatra na Ayudhaya (Palakawong), Prince Sukhumabhinanda - father of Mom Ratchawong Sukhumbhand Paripatra

Sukhumbhand Paripatra

Sukhumbhand Paripatra is a Thai politician and MP belonging to the Democrat Party. Educated at Oxford University in England, he is a former Deputy Foreign Minister of Thailand...

, the current governor of Bangkok.

See also

• History of Thailand (1768-1932)
  History of Thailand (1768-1932)
  Rattanakosin Kingdom is the fourth traditionally counted kingdom of Thailand. It was founded in 1782 with the establishment of Bangkok as the capital city...
  
  
• Siamese coup d'état of 1932
• Supreme Council of State of Siam