Thanat Khoman

Thanat Khoman
ถนัด คอมันตร์
Thanat Khoman c. 1975
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
11 March 1981 – 19 March 1983
Prime MinisterPrem Tinsulanonda
In office
3 March 1980 – 28 February 1981
Prime MinisterPrem Tinsulanonda
Leader of the Democrat Party
In office
26 May 1979 – 3 April 1982
Preceded bySeni Pramoj
Succeeded byBhichai Rattakul
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
20 February 1959 – 17 November 1971
Prime Minister
Preceded byPrince Wan Waithayakon
Succeeded byThanom Kittikachorn
Personal details
Born(1914-05-09)9 May 1914
Bangkok, Siam
Died3 March 2016(2016-03-03) (aged 101)
Bangkok, Thailand
NationalityThai
Political partyDemocrat
Other political
affiliations
Free Thai Movement
SpouseMolee Khoman
Alma mater
Military service
Allegiance Thailand
Branch/service Royal Thai Army
Years of service1963–2016[citation needed]
Rank Senior Colonel[2]

Thanat Khoman (also Thanad; Thai: ถนัด คอมันตร์; RTGSThanat Khoman, 9 May 1914 – 3 March 2016)[3][4] was a Thai diplomat and politician. He was foreign minister from 1959 to 1971, leader of the Democrat Party from 1979 to 1982, and deputy prime minister from 1980 to 1983. He died at the age of 101 on 3 March 2016, a couple of months shy of his 102nd birthday.[5]

  1. ^ "สิ้น"ถนัด คอมันตร์"วัย 102 ปี". 3 March 2016.
  2. ^ [1] [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ Khoman, Sirilaksana (2014). Thanat Khoman: The Formative Years (แด่พ่อที่รักของลูก) (in Thai). Bangkok. p. 60. ISBN 9789744018243.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  4. ^ "สิ้นแล้ว! ถนัด คอมันตร์ ด้วยโรคชรา อายุ 102 ปี" (in Thai). The Nation Broadcasting Corporation Limited. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2016-03-03.
  5. ^ Paddock, Richard C. (7 March 2016). "Thanat Khoman, Thai Statesman and Co-Founder of Asian Alliance, Dies at 101". The New York Times.