Maha Chakri Sirindhorn

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Maha Chakri Sirindhorn (2019)

Maha Chakri Sirindhorn ( Thai : มหา จักรี สิริ น ธร ; * April 2, 1955 in Bangkok , Thailand ) is Princess of the Kingdom of Thailand. She is the third child of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit Kitiyakara and sister of the reigning Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn .

Life

The princess has three siblings, the elder princess Ubol Ratana Rajakanya , her elder brother, the King of Thailand Maha Vajiralongkorn and the younger princess Chulabhorn Walailak . She is unmarried and has no children.

Princess Sirindhorn graduated from Chulalongkorn University in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in history. She then specialized in the classical languages ​​of South Asia, graduating in 1978 with a Masters in Oriental Epigraphy ( Sanskrit and Khmer ) from Silpakorn University and in 1980 with a Masters in Sanskrit and Pali from Chulalongkorn University. She received her PhD in Developmental Education from Srinakharinwirot University in 1987 .

From 1979 she taught as a lecturer in the Studium Generale program of Chulalongkorn University, from 1980 in the academic branch of the Chulachomklao Military Academy of the Thai Army , where she heads the history department.

In 1991 she was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Prize in the “Public Service” category. In 2001 she received an honorary doctorate from Gakushūin University in Japan .

Sirindhorn is involved in a number of non-profit projects and organizations. Since 1977 she has been Executive Vice Director of the Thai Red Cross Society . In addition, she heads several foundations of the royal family: the Chaipattana Foundation, which coordinates the royal development and environmental protection projects, the Ananda Mahidol Foundation , which strives for further education, the Rama II Foundation for the preservation and promotion of Thai Kultur, the Sai Jai Thai Foundation, which supports wounded and disabled veterans, and the Prince Mahidol Prize Foundation, which awards an annual award for services in medicine and health care.

public perception

It is better known to the Thai population under the name Phra Thep (dt., Noble angel '). She is also called the princess of technology. This comes from their interest and expertise in new technologies and how to use them to improve the country.

title

Her royal title is Somdech Phra Debaratana Rajasuda Chao Fah Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Rathasimakunakornpiyajat Sayam Boroma Rajakumari ( Thai : สมเด็จ พระ เทพ รัตน ราช สุดา เจ้าฟ้า มหา จักรี สิริ น ธร รัฐ สี มา คุณากร ปิย ชาติ สยาม บรม ราช กุมารี ; RTGS : Somdet Phra Theppharat Ratchasuda Chao Fa Maha Chakri Sirinthon Rathasimakhunakon Piyachat Sayam Boromma Ratchakumari, pronunciation : [ sǒmdèt PRA tʰêːppʰárát râːtʨʰásùdaː ʨâːwfáː máhǎː ʨàkriː sìrintʰɔːn rátsǐːmaːkʰúnaːkɔːn pìjáʨʰâːt sàjǎːm bɔrommáʔ râːtʨʰákùmaːriː ]).

The title Maha Chakri ("Great Chakri") and Sayam Boroma Rajakumari ("Siam's Supreme King's Daughter") were bestowed on her in 1977 by her father. She is the first princess of the Chakri dynasty (on the throne since 1782) to wear him. He is considered the female equivalent of the title Sayam Makut Rajakumarn ("Siam's Crown Prince") of her brother Vajiralongkorn . Together with the constitutional amendment of 1974, which enables the female succession to the throne, it led to speculation whether Sirindhorn should be built to succeed King Bhumibol Adulyadej instead of the unpopular Vajiralongkorn , which many Thais would have advocated.

Awards

• 1982: Honorary Senator of the University of Innsbruck
• 1984: Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• 1987: Grand Cross of the Order de Isabel la Católica (Spain)
• 1989: Commander of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (France)
• 1991: Grand Cross of the Order of the Noble Crown (Japan)
• 1996: Dame Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order (Great Britain)
• 2001: Grand Cross of the Order of Dannebrog (Denmark)
• 2003: Royal Order of Seraphines (Sweden)
• 2004: Great Golden Decoration on Ribbon for Services to the Republic of Austria
• 2012: Order of Hilal-e-Pakistan
• 2017: Great Tyrolean Eagle Order
• White Elephant Order
• Chakri order
• Order of the Nine Gems
• Order of Chula Chom Klao
• Order of the Crown of Thailand

Furthermore, Princess Sirindhorn has been General of the Thai Army, Admiral of the Thai Navy and General of the Thai Air Force since 1996 .

See also: Thai nobility titles

Web links

Commons : Sirindhorn  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Biography in the list of winners of the Ramon Magsaysay Prize (Eng.)
2. ↑ Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn ( Memento of the original from March 19, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Portrait on the website of the TU Chemnitz.
3. ↑ Paul Handley: The King Never Smiles. Yale University Press, 2006, pp. 249-250, 304.
4. ↑ Thailand's succession. As father fades, his children fight. In: The Economist , March 18, 2010.
5. ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF file; 6.59 MB)
6. ↑ orf.at: "Tiroler Adler" for Thai princess . Article dated April 17, 2017, accessed April 17, 2017.
7. ↑ Invitation to visit Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn , University Hospital Tübingen, June 23, 2010.