Pote Sarasin

Pote Sarasin
พจน์ สารสิน
Pote in 1957
9th Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
16 September 1957 – 1 January 1958
MonarchBhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded bySarit Thanarat
(de facto)
Succeeded byThanom Kittikachorn
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
9 March 1969 – 17 November 1971
Prime MinisterThanom Kittikachorn
Ministerial offices
1949–1971
Minister of National Development
In office
11 December 1963 – 17 November 1971
Prime MinisterThanom Kittikachorn
Preceded bySahorda Weerathien
Succeeded byOffice abolished
Minister of Commerce
In office
10 February 1968 – 7 March 1969
Prime MinisterThanom Kittikachorn
Preceded bySunthorn Hongladarom
Succeeded byBoonchana Atthakorn
Minister of Finance
In office
23 September 1957 – 26 September 1957
Prime MinisterHimself
Preceded byWarakan Bancha
Succeeded bySerm Vinicchayakul
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
13 October 1949 – 1 March 1950
Prime MinisterPlaek Phibunsongkhram
Preceded byPlaek Phibunsongkhram
Succeeded byWarakan Bancha
Secretary General of SEATO
In office
10 January 1958 – 13 December 1963
Preceded byWilliam Worth (Acting)
Succeeded byWilliam Worth (Acting)
In office
5 September 1957 – 22 September 1957
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byWilliam Worth (Acting)
Personal details
Born
Wee Pote[a]

(1905-03-25)25 March 1905
Bangkok, Krung Thep, Siam (now Bang Rak, Bangkok, Thailand)
Died28 September 2000(2000-09-28) (aged 95)
Bumrungrad International Hospital, Watthana, Bangkok, Thailand
SpouseThanpuying Siri Sarasin[1]
Children6
Alma materWilbraham Academy
Profession

Pote Sarasin[b] (25 March 1905 – 28 September 2000) was the ninth prime minister of Thailand from September 1957 to December 1957. He belonged to the influential Sarasin family. He served as foreign minister from 1949 to 1950 and then served as ambassador to the United States. In September 1957 when Sarit Thanarat seized power in a military coup, he appointed Pote to be the Prime Minister of Thailand. He resigned in December 1957. Pote also served as the first Secretary General of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization from September 1957 until 1963.


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  1. ^ "Mr. Pote Sarasin". Government of Thailand. Retrieved 29 December 2011.