Plaek Phibunsongkhram, commonly known in English language sources as Phibun and as Chomphon Por in Thai, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Thailand f
Official portrait, c. 1940s
Phibun in his youth
Phibunsongkhram giving a nationalist speech to the crowds at the Ministry of Defence opposite Swasti Sopha gate of Grand Palace in 1940.
Phibunsongkhram with Thai farmers in 1942 at Bang Khen
Khuang Aphaiwong, also known by his noble title Luang Kowit-aphaiwong, was the founder of the Democrat Party and three times the prime minister of Thailand: from August 1944 to 1945, from January to M