Thawan Thamrongnawasawat

Rear Admiral
Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
Rear Admiral Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์
	Thawan in 1959
8th Prime Minister of Thailand
	In office; 23 August 1946 – 8 November 1947
Monarch	Bhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded by	Pridi Banomyong
Succeeded by	Khuang Aphaiwong
Minister of Justice
	In office; 11 June 1946 – 8 November 1947
Prime Minister	Pridi Banomyong; Himself;
Preceded by	Luang Chamnarnnitikaset
Succeeded by	Seni Pramoj
Minister of Interior
	In office; February 1935 – December 1938
Prime Minister	Phraya Phahon
Preceded by	Pridi Banomyong
Succeeded by	Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Personal details
Born	21 November 1901; Ayutthaya, Krung Kao, Siam (now Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Thailand)
Died	3 December 1988 (aged 87); Phramongkutklao Hospital, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand (now Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand)
Political party	Khana Ratsadon
Other political; affiliations	Free Thai Movement; Constitutional Front;
Signature
Military service
Allegiance	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Navy
Rank	Major General; Rear Admiral; Group Captain;

Thawan Thamrongnawasawat (also spelt Thawal Thamrongnavaswadhi or Thawal Thamrongnavasawat; Thai: ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์, IPA: [tʰà.wǎn tʰam.roŋ.naː.waː.sà.wàt]; Chinese: 郑连淡; pinyin: Zhèng Liándàn^[3]^[4]), born Thawan Tharisawat (Thai: ถวัลย์ ธารีสวัสดิ์, IPA: [tʰà.wǎn tʰaː.riː.sà.wàt]; 21 November 1901 – 3 December 1988), was the eighth Prime Minister of Thailand from 1946–1947. Before becoming a politician, he was a naval officer, holding the rank of rear admiral.

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^ "พระราชทานยสทหาน" (PDF) (in Thai). Royal Thai Government Gazette. 19 January 1943. p. 282. Retrieved 10 April 2023.
^ [泰国] 洪林, 黎道纲主编 (April 2006). 泰国华侨华人研究. 香港社会科学出版社有限公司. pp. 17, 185. ISBN 962-620-127-4.
^ (in Chinese) 臺北科技大學紅樓資訊站 Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine