monarch predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion nationality native_name birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
bhumibol adulyadej pridi phanomyong khuang abhaiwongse 3 december 1988 ayutthaya , ayutthaya , siam phramongkutklao , bangkok , thailand hospital , phaya thai -lrb- modern ratchathewi -rrb- theravada buddhism thai ถวัลย์ ธำรงนาวาสวัสดิ์ 21 november 1901 8th prime minister of thailand august 23 , 1946 chalaem tharisawat rabiap thamrongnawasawat banchong thamrongnawasawat thawal thamrong navaswadhi.jpg thawan thamrongnawasawat
 november 8 , 1947 thawan thamrongnawasawat
thawan thamrongnawasawat

thawan thamrongnawasawat -lrb- , , alternative transcription `` thawal thamrong navaswadhi '' , short thamrong -rrb- -lrb- november 21 , 1901 -- december 3 , 1988 -rrb- was the 8th prime minister of thailand from 1946-1947 .
before becoming a politician , he was a naval officer , holding the rank of rear admiral .
a career naval officer of chinese ancestry , thamrong was a leading member of the anti-japanese seri thai resistance movement during world war ii .
he became thailand 's elected prime minister on august 23 , 1946 , replacing khuang abhaiwongse .
however , he was removed from office by a military coup orchestrated by field marshal plaek pibulsonggram on november 8 , 1947 .
abhaiwongse then assumed the post of prime minister once more .
