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Pridi Phanomyong
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Pridi Phanomyong

 or Luang Pradist Manudharm

(born May 11, 1900, Ayutthaya, Siam—died May 2, 1983, Paris, France) Thai political leader and prime minister. He earned a doctorate in law in France, where he was influenced by socialism and where, with Luang Phibunsongkhram and others, he plotted to overthrow the absolute monarchy in Siam (Thailand). Pridi participated in the Promoters Revolution and helped write the constitution of December 1932. He engineered the downfall of Phibunsongkhram's pro-Japanese government (1944) and in 1946 became Thailand's first popularly elected prime minister. Unjustly held responsible for the assassination of King Ananda that year, he was forced to resign and flee the country in 1947. He lived in China until 1970, when he moved to France.



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