Thailand: Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (June 16, 1908 – December 8, 1963), Prime Minister of Thailand 1959 - 1963. Sarit Thanarat was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963. Sarit's regime was the most repressive and authoritarian in modern Thai history, abrogating the constitution, dissolving parliament, and vesting all power in his newly-formed Revolutionary Party. Sarit banned all other political parties, imposing very strict censorship of the press after the coup.

Thailand: Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat (June 16, 1908 – December 8, 1963), Prime Minister of Thailand 1959 - 1963. Sarit Thanarat was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963. Sarit's regime was the most repressive and authoritarian in modern Thai history, abrogating the constitution, dissolving parliament, and vesting all power in his newly-formed Revolutionary Party. Sarit banned all other political parties, imposing very strict censorship of the press after the coup. Stock Photo

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