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Assembly XVIII
May 30, 1947 - November 8, 1947

Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrongnavaswadhi was appointed Prime Minister, per Royal Command of King Rama IX, (signed by Krom Khun Chainatnarendra and Phya Manawarajasewi (Plord Na Sonkhla), Regents), dated May 30, 1947, exercised by Rear Admiral Phya Sorayuthaseni (Krasae Pravahanavin), President of Senate, and Mr. Pueng Srichandra, President of House of Representatives, and he, in turn, appointed the Cabinet, whose names are shown below, on May 31, 1947.

Cabinet

1.
 Mr. Duen Bunnag Deputy Prime Minister
2.
 Lieutenant-General Jira Wichitsongkram Minister of Defense
3.
 Mr. Wichit Lulitanonta Minister of Finance
4.
 Mr. Atthakitti Banomyong Minister of Foreign Affairs
5.
 Colonel Chuang Chawengsaksongkram Minister of Agriculture
6.
 Mr. Saeng Sutthipongsa Minister of Public Health
7.
 Mr. Thongin Phuripatana Minister of Industry
8.
 Phya Prakitkalasatra (Runachit Kanjanawanich) Minister of Transport
9.
 Mr. Duen Bunnag Minister of Commerce
10.
 Phya Sundarapipit (Cheuy Maghavipulya) Minister of Interior
11.
 Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrongnavaswadhi Minister of Justice
12.
 Mr. Duen Bunnag Minister of Education
13.
 Colonel Thuan Vijayakhadga Deputy Minister of Defense
14.
 M.C. Nonthiyawat Svastivatana Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
15.
 Mr. Yuen Panichwit Deputy Minister of Agriculture
16.
 Mr. Chamrong Daoruang Deputy Minister of Commerce
17.
 Mr. Thong Kanthadhamma Deputy Minister of Interior
18.
 Mr. Wiroj Kamolaphan Deputy Minister of Education
19.
 Mr. Chit Vejaprasit Minister
20.
 Luang Narattharaksa (Chuen Wichitnetr) Minister
21.
 Khun Radabkadee (Panya Ramyananda) Minister

Announced on May 31, 1947.

 

The Cabinet presented policies to the Parliament and obtained the approval on June 5, 1947.

Cabinet Policies, as published in the Royal Gazette of 1947, Vol. 64 Clause 26, Page 1464.

Remark: This Cabinet left office when the Military Coup d'Etat took control of the State Administration and substituted the previous Constitution with the Temporary Constitution of 1947, (hence the dissolution of the Parliament) on November 8, 1947.

 

Historical Sequence of Thai Cabinet