Thailand: Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi (1901-1988), Prime Minister of Thailand, 1946-1947

Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi, also spelled Thawal Thamrongnavasawat, (November 21, 1901—December 3, 1988) 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 August 23, 1946, replacing Khuang Abhaiwongse. However, he was removed from office by a military coup orchestrated by Field Marshall Plaek Pibulsonggram on November 8, 1947. Pibulsonggram then assumed the post of prime minister once more.

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