14 Facts About Pramarn Adireksarn

Pramarn Adireksarn was a Thai military officer and politician.

Pramarn Adireksarn was a co-founder and chairman of the Thai Nation Party, deputy prime minister and minister in several cabinets.

Pramarn Adireksarn was born on 31 December 1913 in Saraburi to a Chinese immigrant father and Thai mother.

Pramarn Adireksarn attended the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy and became an officer in the artillery of the Royal Thai Army in Lopburi.

Pramarn and Charoen Adireksarn had three sons, including the author and politician Pongpol Adireksarn.

In 1957, Pramarn Adireksarn was elected Member of Parliament for the ruling Seri Manangkasila Party, the winner of the election in February of that year.

Pramarn Adireksarn got involved in the private sector and established a textile concern.

Kukrit Pramoj becoming Prime Minister and Pramarn Adireksarn taking the office of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence.

Pramarn Adireksarn stayed Deputy Prime Minister, but was denied the defence portfolio.

In 1978, Pramarn Adireksarn became official leader of the opposition, before Thai Nation joined the coalition government of General Prem Tinsulanonda in 1980, with Pramarn Adireksarn again becoming Deputy Prime Minister.

In 1986, Pramarn Adireksarn passed the leadership of the Thai Nation Party to his brother-in-law Chatichai Choonhavan.

The so-called National Peace Keeping Council seized 139 million baht of Pramarn Adireksarn's assets, accusing him of being "unusually rich" for a cabinet member.

From 1992 to 1994 Pramarn Adireksarn assumed the leadership of the Thai Nation Party and acted as leader of the opposition.

Pramarn Adireksarn died of a blood infection at the age of 96 on 20 August 2010.