 field marshal plaek phibunsongkhram (; ; alternatively transcribed as pibulsongkram or pibulsonggram; july 14, 1897 â june 11, 1964), contemporarily known as luang pibulsonggram, often as phibunsongkhram (pibul songgram) or simply phibun (pibul) in the west, was prime minister and virtual military dictator of thailand from 1938 to 1944 and 1948 to 1957. == early years == he was born plaek khittasangkha in nonthaburi province to keed khittasangkha and his wife. à¸à¸¹à¹à¸à¸³à¸à¸²à¸à¸à¸²à¸£à¹à¸¡à¸·à¸­à¸à¹à¸à¸¢à¸à¸±à¸à¸ªà¸à¸à¸£à¸²à¸¡à¹à¸¥à¸à¸à¸£à¸±à¹à¸à¸à¸µà¹ 2: à¸à¸­à¸¡à¸à¸¥ à¸.à¸à¸´à¸à¸¹à¸¥à¸ªà¸à¸à¸£à¸²à¸¡ à¹à¸¥à¸° à¸à¸£à¸µà¸à¸µ à¸à¸à¸¡à¸¢à¸à¸à¹ keed was of chinese-thai heritage; his father was a cantonese-speaking chinese immigrant.benjamin et al., 1990, p. 64, ...phibun was a thai by nature. although it was said that his grandfather was a cantonese, he had no features of an overseas chinese. plaek's parents owned a durian orchard. he received his given name - meaning "strange" in thai - because of his unusual appearance as a child. plaek khittasangkha studied at buddhist temple schools, t
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