Dawee Chullasapya, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Thai Air Force air marshal
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Place of Birth: Thonburi, Bangkok, Thailand
About Dawee Chullasapya
- Dawee Chullasapya or Chullasap (Thai: ??? ???????????, RTGS: Thawi Chunlasap, Thai pronunciation: [t?áwi? t??unlásàp], 8 August 1914 - 18 May 1996) was a Royal Thai Air Force officer, and a member of the Seri Thai. Air Chief Marshal Dawee was widely considered a pillar of Thailand's sporting world.
- After a successful career in the military which saw him rise to Supreme Command chief of staff in 1961, he turned to politics and was appointed deputy defense minister in 1963.
- He later served as minister of transport and communications and of agriculture.
- Head of Thailand's National Olympic Committee for 22 years until his death, he was a member of the International Olympic Committee and a force behind the Southeast Asian Games.
- Dawee himself won a silver medal in sailing at the 1970 Asian Games. After the October 1973 Thai popular uprising he served as minister of defense and interim Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces Headquarters until 1974.
- In 1976 and 1979/80 he was again deputy prime minister of Thailand.
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