11 June 1964(1964-06-11) (aged 66) Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
Political party
Seri Manangkhasila Party (1955–57)
Other political affiliations
Khana Ratsadon (1927–54)
Spouse
La-iad Bhandhukravi (1903–1964)
Domestic partner(s)
Phitsamai Wilaisak Khamnuengnit Phibunsongkhram
Children
6, including Nitya
Relatives
Krissanapoom Pibulsonggram (great-grandson)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
Thailand
Branch/service
Royal Thai Army
Royal Thai Armed Forces
Years of service
1914–1957
Rank
Field Marshal
Admiral of the Fleet
Marshal of the Air Force
Commands
Supreme Commander
Battles/wars
Siamese Revolution
Boworadet Rebellion
World War II
Franco-Thai War
Pacific War
Palace Rebellion
Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (Thai: แปลก พิบูลสงคราม[plɛ̀ːkpʰí.būːn.sǒŋ.kʰrāːm]; alternatively transcribed as Pibulsongkram or Pibulsonggram; 14 July 1897 – 11 June 1964), locally known as Marshal P. (Thai: จอมพล ป.;[tɕɔ̄ːm.pʰōn.pɔ̄ː]), and contemporarily known as Phibun (Pibul) in the West, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957.
Phibunsongkhram was a member of the Army wing of Khana Ratsadon, the first political party in Thailand, and a leader of the Siamese revolution of 1932, which replaced Thailand's absolute monarchy with a constitutional monarchy. Phibun became the third Prime Minister of Thailand in 1938 while serving as Commander of the Royal Siamese Army. Inspired by the Italian fascism of Benito Mussolini, he established a de facto military dictatorship run along fascist lines, promoted Thai nationalism and Sinophobia, and allied Thailand with Imperial Japan in World War II. Phibun launched a modernization campaign known as the Thai Cultural Revolution that included a series of cultural mandates, which changed the country's name from "Siam" to "Thailand", and promoted the Thai language.
Phibun was ousted as prime minister by the National Assembly in 1944 and replaced by members of the Free Thai Movement, but returned to power after the Siamese coup d'état of 1947, led by the Coup Group. Phibun aligned Thailand with anti-communism in the Cold War, entered the Korean War under the United Nations Command, and abandoned fascism for a façade of democracy. Phibun's second term as prime minister was plagued by political instability and several attempts to launch a coup d'etat against him were made, including the Army General Staff plot in 1948, the Palace Rebellion in 1949, and the Manhattan Rebellion in 1951. Phibun attempted to transform Thailand into an electoral democracy from the mid-1950s onward, but was overthrown in 1957 and went into exile in Japan, where he died in 1964.
At fifteen years and one month, Phibun's term as Prime Minister of Thailand was the longest to date.
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