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 | | Field Marshall Pibulsonggram (July 14, 1897–June 11, 1964) (Thai พิบูลสงคราม, sometimes spelled Phibunsongkhram, Phibul Songkhram or Pibul Songgram) was prime minister and military dictator of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957. |
 | | Following advanced studying in France, the honourary name of Luang Phibunsongkhram was bestowed upon him by King Prajadhipok in 1928 (he was later to take Phibunsongkhram as his surname). |
 | | One of the leaders of the military wing of the People's Party which overthrew the absolute monarchy in 1932, Lieutenant Colonel Phibun rose to prominence as a popular man-on-horseback when he successfully crushed the royalist revolt the following year. |
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