12 Facts About Booneua Prasertsuwan

Booneua Prasertsuwan, spelled Boon-eau Prasertsuwan, was a Thai politician from Suphan Buri Province.

Booneua Prasertsuwan served as Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand from 1995 to 1996.

Booneua Prasertsuwan is credited with persuading Banharn Silpa-archa, the former Prime Minister of Thailand from 1995 to 1996, to enter politics.

Booneua Prasertsuwan was born in Bang Pla Ma District, Suphan Buri Province, on 13 April 1919, to parents, Chuang and Lang Suwanhong.

Booneua Prasertsuwan later completed his studies at military medical school and became a Thai Army sergeant.

Booneua Prasertsuwan was elected to the Suphan Buri provincial council, representing Bang Pla Ma district, four times.

Booneua Prasertsuwan won election to the House of Representatives in ten elections from 1957 to 1996.

In 1975, Booneua Prasertsuwan joined the Democrat Party, but later switched to the Thamsangkhom and the now defunct Thai Nation Party.

In 1981, Booneua Prasertsuwan was appointed Deputy Agriculture and Cooperative Minister in a government of Prime Minister Prem Tinsulanonda to replace the late Pol Col Krit Sangkhasap, who had died in a 1981 helicopter accident in Chiang Mai while in office.

Booneua Prasertsuwan was elected Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand in 1995, a position he held until September 1996.

Booneua Prasertsuwan, who was 97 years old, died at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok on 13 October 2016, the same day as the passing of the King of Thailand, Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Booneua Prasertsuwan has received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:.