Phayom Chulanont
Phayom Chulanont | |
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พโยม จุลานนท์ | |
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| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| In office 29 January 1948 – 29 November 1951 | |
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| Born | 12 March 1909 Mueang Phetchaburi, Phetchaburi, Siam |
| Died | 7 September 1980 (aged 71) Beijing, China |
| Party | Communist Party of Thailand |
| Children | 3 (including Surayud Chulanont) |
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| Nickname | Too Khamtan (nom de guerre) |
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| Rank | .svg){kind=small} Lieutenant Colonel |
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Phayom Chulanont (Thai: พ.ท.พโยม จุลานนท์; 12 March 1909 – 7 September 1980) was a Thai military officer, politician, and leader of the Communist Party of Thailand. He was the father of former Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont.
Biography
[edit]The son of Phraya Wiset Singhanat of Phetburi, and son-in-law of Phraya Sri Sitthi Songkhram, Phayom became an ally of Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram in his coup against the government of Thawan Thamrongnawasawat and Pridi Banomyong in 1947. He later disagreed with the leaders of the junta and started a failed coup of his own, the so-called Army Staff School coup. When the coup failed, he fled to China via Mae Sai and Burma. At the time, his son, Surayud, was only six-years-old.[1]
Phayom returned to Thailand in 1957 to run in the general elections in March, becoming MP of Phetburi. Later that year, Sarit Thanarat seized power from the government of Plaek Phibunsongkhram. Phayom subsequently left his family and went underground, adopting the nom de guerre Comrade Too Khamtan (สหายตู้คำตัน). He later became a member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Thailand and the Chief of Staff of the People's Liberation Army of Thailand. His son, Surayud, later joined the Royal Thai Army and led operations against his father.[2]
After decades of hiding and guerilla warfare, Phayom's health failed him. He was sent to recuperate in Beijing in 1978, and later died in China on 7 September 1980.[3]
References
[edit]Citations
[edit]- ↑ "พ.ท. โพยม จุลานนท์ นายพันใจเพชร". www.reurnthai.com (in Thai). Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ "เรื่องเล่าจากดงหลวง 14 ท่านนายกฯกับดงหลวง". www.gotoknow.org (in Thai). GotoKnow. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
- ↑ "พ.ท.พโยม จุลานนท์ "สหายคำตัน" ตำนานผู้กล้าเลือดเมืองเพชร" (in Thai). Archived from the original on 2023-08-31. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
Sources
[edit]- Nation Weekender, 'สหายคำตัน' คนดีในหัวใจ พล.อ.สุรยุทธ์ ('Comrade Khamtan', A Good Man in the Heart of General Surayud), 9 December 2005 (in Thai)
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