Sarit Thanarat

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Sarit Thanarat was a Thai military leader and prime minister who ruled Thailand as a staunchly anti-communist authoritarian strongman from the late 1950s until his death in 1963.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Thai military officer ⓘ
anti-communist ⓘ
authoritarian leader ⓘ
human ⓘ
prime minister of Thailand ⓘ
causeOfEndOfRule death ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 20th century ⓘ
conflictContext Cold War in Southeast Asia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Thailand ⓘ
endTimeOfRule 1963 ⓘ
governmentTypeDuringRule authoritarian regime ⓘ
military dictatorship ⓘ
ideology anti-communism ⓘ
implementedPolicy anti-communist security laws ⓘ
censorship of the press ⓘ
centralization of political power ⓘ
expansion of military influence in government ⓘ
suppression of political parties ⓘ
legacy associated with entrenched military dominance in Thai politics ⓘ
established a model for subsequent Thai military regimes ⓘ
militaryBranch Royal Thai Army ⓘ
name Sarit Thanarat ⓘ
nativeName สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์ ⓘ
linked to: Sarit Thanarat
notableFor close alignment with the United States during the Cold War ⓘ
leading a military coup in Thailand in 1957 ⓘ
ruling Thailand as a military strongman ⓘ
suppressing communist and leftist movements in Thailand ⓘ
opposedTo communism ⓘ
left-wing political movements in Thailand ⓘ
politicalAlignment right-wing authoritarianism ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army ⓘ
Minister of Defence of Thailand ⓘ
Prime Minister of Thailand ⓘ
military dictator of Thailand ⓘ
regionOfActivity Thailand ⓘ
roleInColdWar regional anti-communist ally of the United States ⓘ
startTimeOfRule late 1950s ⓘ
styleOfLeadership personalist authoritarianism ⓘ
strongman rule ⓘ
supportedBy Royal Thai Army ⓘ
United States government ⓘ
timeInOffice 1950s–1963 ⓘ
usedMethod martial law ⓘ
military coups ⓘ
political repression ⓘ

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Phoumi Nosavan → relative → Sarit Thanarat ⓘ
Plaek Phibunsongkhram → succeededBy → Sarit Thanarat ⓘ
Sarit Thanarat → name → Sarit Thanarat ⓘ
Sarit Thanarat → nativeName → สฤษดิ์ ธนะรัชต์ ⓘ
linked to: Sarit Thanarat