Sarit Thanarat, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Prime Minister of Thailand
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Place of Birth: Bangkok, Thailand
About Sarit Thanarat
- Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (also spelt Dhanarajata; Thai: ?????? ????????, pronounced [sa.rìt t?a.ná.rát]; 16 June 1908 – 8 December 1963) was a Thai general who staged a coup in 1957, replacing Plaek Phibunsongkhram as Thailand's prime minister until Sarit died in 1963.
- He was born in Bangkok, but grew up in his mother's home town in Lao-speaking northeastern Thailand and considered himself from Isan.
- His father, Major Luang Ruangdetanan (birth name Thongdi Thanarat), was a career army officer best known for his translations into Thai of Cambodian literature.
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