Sanya Dharmasakti served as the 12th Prime Minister of Thailand from 1973 to 1975.
12 Facts About Sanya Dharmasakti
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Sanya Dharmasakti was one of the most influential figures in the politics of Thailand.
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Sanya Dharmasakti served as the president of the Supreme Court and was dean of the faculty of law and chancellor of Thammasat University during the democracy movement of October 1973.
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Sanya Dharmasakti appointed a drafting committee for the 1974 constitution, served as vice-president of the constitutional congress, and was requested by the monarch to serve as the president of the privy council.
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Sanya Dharmasakti was born on Friday, 5 April 1907 in Thonburi Province, in central Thailand.
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Sanya Dharmasakti's father was the high ranking Buddhist scholar, Mahamtree, and abbot, Dhammasarnvetvisetpakdee Srisattayawatta Phiriyapaha or Thongdee Dharmasakti.
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Sanya Dharmasakti went to Assumption College in 1914 and finished high school, majoring in English in 1925.
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Sanya Dharmasakti went to the law school of the Ministry of Justice for three years, graduating in 1928.
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Sanya Dharmasakti got the highest score and received the Rapheeboonnithi scholarship.
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Sanya Dharmasakti was called to the English Bar in 1932.
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Sanya Dharmasakti died at Ramathibodi Hospital, Bangkok on 6 January 2002.
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Sanya Dharmasakti received the following royal decorations in the Honours System of Thailand:.