Sarit Thanarat

Prime Minister of Thailand from 1959 to 1963

Sarit Thanarat (also spelled Dhanarajata; Thai: สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์ [sā.rìt tʰā.ná.rát]; 16 June 1908 – 8 December 1963) was a Thai politician and military commander. He served as commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army (from 1954) and as Minister of Defense during Plaek Phibunsongkhram's premiership. In 1957, he became chief of a military junta after leading a coup in which Phibun was overthrown.

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