Sarit Thanarat

Thai military officer and politician. Graduated from the Military Academy in 1928. In 1947, he participated in a coup with Phibun to overthrow the left-wing People's Party Pridi government. In 1951, he suppressed a naval coup and emerged as a powerful figure. In 1954, he was appointed Army Commander and Deputy Minister of Defense, and was promoted to Field Marshal. In September 1957, he ousted Phibun in a coup and became Commander-in-Chief of the three services. In October 1958, he abolished the constitution in a second coup, dissolved parliament, and established a military dictatorship. In 1959, he became Prime Minister. In place of Phibun's economic nationalism, he aimed for industrialization at the cost of military and economic dependence on the United States.

[Yoneji Kuroyanagi]

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タイの軍人、政治家。1928年陸軍士官学校卒業。1947年ピブンとともに「人民党」左派プリディ政権打倒のクーデターに参加。1951年海軍クーデターを鎮圧、実力者として台頭。1954年陸軍司令官兼国防次官に就任、元帥に昇格。1957年9月クーデターでピブンを追放、三軍総司令官となる。1958年10月第二次クーデターで憲法廃止、議会解散を断行、軍部独裁体制を確立した。1959年首相に就任。ピブンの経済ナショナリズムにかえ、軍事・経済的対米従属を代価とする工業化を目ざした。

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