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Plaek Phibunsongkhram

1897–1964 · 20th century · Also known as Phibun

Plaek Phibunsongkhram was a Thai army officer, one of the leaders of the 1932 revolution that ended absolute monarchy, and prime minister from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957. He promoted a nationalist programme, renamed Siam as Thailand in 1939 and allied the country with Japan in the Second World War. A coup in 1957 drove him into exile in Japan.

Plaek Phibunsongkhram
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Plaek Phibunsongkhram. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/plaek-phibunsongkhram
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