Thawi Bunyaket

Thawi Bunyaket (also spelt Thawee Bunyaget; Thai: ทวี บุณยเกตุ, pronounced [tʰā.wīː būn.jā.kèːt]; 10 November 1904 – 3 November 1971) was a Thai politician and the prime minister of Thailand for a short time from 31 August 1945, following the resignation of Khuang Abhaiwongse until his resignation, to his own resignation on 17 September 1945.

Thawi Bunyaket
ทวี บุณยเกตุ
5th Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
31 August 1945 – 17 September 1945
MonarchAnanda Mahidol
Preceded byKhuang Abhaiwongse
Succeeded bySeni Pramoj
President of the National Assembly of Thailand
In office
8 May 1968 – 20 June 1968
Preceded byPhra Prachonpachanuk
Succeeded byColonel Vorkarnbancha
Minister of Education
In office
1 August 1944 – 31 August 1945
Prime MinisterKhuang Abhaiwongse
Preceded bySindhu Kamolnavin
Succeeded byTri Trironnasarn
Personal details
Born(1904-11-10)10 November 1904
Trang, Phuket, Siam (now Kantang, Trang, Thailand)
Died3 November 1971(1971-11-03) (aged 66)
Bangkok, Thailand
Political partyKhana Ratsadon
Other political
affiliations		Free Thai Movement
SpouseAmphasri Bunyaket
Alma materKing's College
University of Cambridge
École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon

Early life and education

After studying at the King's College, University of Cambridge and the École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon (France), he started to work as a government official at the Ministry of Agriculture.[1]

Political careers

On 24 June 1932 he joined the coup group of the 1932 coup, the People's Party. He became secretary general in the cabinet of Field Marshal Phibunsongkhram, and Minister of Education in the cabinet of Khuang Abhaiwongse. When Khuang resigned directly after the end of World War II, he was elected as prime minister on 31 August 1945 and formed the 12th Thai administration. However he was only chosen because the preferred candidate Seni Pramoj, chief of the Free Thai Movement, wasn't available. Seventeen days after his election, on 17 September, he resigned to free the post for Seni Pramoj.

Later he became President of the Constitutional Drafting Committee in the government of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat.

Honours and awards

Civil Service of Siam rank

References
  1. “ทวี บุณยเกตุ” เป็นนายกฯ 17 วัน นอกจากเปลี่ยนชื่อประเทศแล้ว ทำอะไรอีกบ้าง ?
  2. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 April 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://oservice.skru.ac.th/ebookft/625/chapter_6.pdf

See also
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