Sut Sutthisanronnakon

Sut Sutthisanronnakon (ca.1959)

Sut Sutthisanronnakon ( Thai สุ ท ธิ์ สุทธิสาร รณ กร ), with feudal honorary name Luang Sutthisanronnakon written (also Sudhisarn Ronakara, Sudhisarn-Ronnakorn, Sudhisarn Ronnakarn or Sudhisararonakara; หลวง สุทธิสาร รณ กร * 31 January 1901 in Bangkok as Sut Sukhawathi; † 17 April 1968 ) was a Thai army officer ( general ) and politician . In 1957 he was President of the Thai National Assembly and from 1959 to 1968 President of the Constituent Assembly.

Life

Sut Sukhawathi joined the Royal Army of the Siamese Armed Forces in 1922 and was transferred to the 4th Artillery Regiment in May 1922 and to the 1st Artillery Regiment in May 1927. In May 1932, a few weeks before the "Siamese Revolution" ended the absolute monarchy, he was awarded the feudal title of Luang . In August 1932 he switched to the artillery training command and in April 1940 he was chief of staff of the Phayap Army, before he was deputy commander of the 4th Infantry Division from 1941 to 1944. After he was deputy commander of the Phayap Army between 1944 and 1945, he took over the post of commander of the 4th Infantry Division in 1945 and then in May 1945 as head of the army's personnel department.

In January 1946 he became commander of the 2nd Infantry Division and remained in this position until January 1948, after which he was again head of the Army Personnel Department. In October 1948 he became deputy commander and chief of staff at the Army Academy and then in June 1950 an officer in the General Staff of the Army.

On November 30, 1951, Sut became a member of the National Assembly for the first time , to which he was a member until September 18, 1957. At the same time he remained an active military man. In May 1954 he became assistant to the chief of the general staff of the army and then in September 1954 deputy chief of the general staff. From September 20 to December 14, 1957, he was the successor to General Phra Prachonpachanuk President of the National Assembly.

After Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat's coup - the so-called "authoritarian revolution" - Sutthisanronnakon became a member of the Constituent Assembly on February 3, 1959, of which he was president from February 6, 1959. In January 1960, Sut was also Deputy Commander in Chief of the Army. He held the office of President of Parliament pro forma until 1968, but in fact Thailand at that time was a strict military dictatorship without a real parliament. In reality, the “Constituent” assembly had the function of ensuring that Prime Minister Sarit was able to secure the loyalty of subordinate military and bureaucrats through appointments to this body. She did not work out a new constitution. Sarit and - after his death in 1963 - his successor Thanom Kittikachorn ruled unrestricted by decrees.

In 1968 a new Constituent Assembly was convened, this time really with the aim of drafting a (if not particularly democratic) constitution. Sut headed this body until his death. He did not live to see the new constitution come into force in May 1968. Thawi Bunyaket succeeded him as President of the Congregation.

For his many years of political and military services, he was awarded the Order of Chula Chom Klao , the White Elephant Order , the Order of the Crown of Thailand and the Medal of Victory, among others .

Web link

• Entry in Generals.dk

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Thak Chaloemtiarana: Thailand. The Politics of Despotic Paternalism. Cornell Southeast Asia Program, Ithaca (NY) 2007, ISBN 978-0-8772-7742-2 , pp. 186-187.
2. ^ Presidents of the National Assembly of Thailand (rulers.org)

Note on Thai names : This article addresses people by their first name.