National Socialist Party was a short-lived pro-military political party in Thailand. It was founded on 21 December 1957 by Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat.
Party leader Sarit Thanarat
Prime Minister Thanom Kittikachorn
1957 Thai coup d'état
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On 16 September 1957, Thailand experienced a military coup led by Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat. This bloodless coup ended the government of Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram. His administration had
National Socialist Party (Thailand)
…Sangkhom) was a short-lived pro-military political party in Thailand. It was founded on 21 December 1957 by Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat. After Sarit's first coup d'état on 16 September 1957, he tried to hold onto power by constitutional democratic means, holding a general election on 12 December 1957. Before the coup…
Sarit Thanarat, the leader of the coup, in 1957
Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who served as Prime Minister from 1948 to 1957
King Bhumibol during his monkhood, visiting the Government House to ask for alms on 31 October 1956. Prime Minister Plaek Phibunsongkhram is on the right.
General Thanom Kittikachorn