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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.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Luang_Phibunsongkhram   (1049 words)

  
 Luang Phibunsongkhram -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
He studied at the Royal Army Academy as well as the General Staff Army College in (A republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe) France.
During the (additional info and facts about Siamese coup d'état of 1932) Siamese coup d'état of 1932 which changed Thailand to a (additional info and facts about constitutional monarchy) constitutional monarchy Major Phibunsongkhram joined the People's Party as its military representative.
His final (Voluntarily absent from home or country) exile had been (A constitutional monarchy occupying the Japanese Archipelago; a world leader in electronics and automobile manufacture and ship building) Japan where he died in 1964.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/l/lu/luang_phibunsongkhram.htm   (667 words)

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