Assembly XXIII
November 29, 1951 - December 6, 1951

          Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram was appointed Prime Minister, per Declaration of the Temporary Appointment of Ministers, dated November 29, 1948, exercised by the Temporary State Administration Committee, and he, in turn, appointed the Cabinet, whose names are shown below.

Cabinet

1.
 Lieutenant-General Sawasdi Sawasdironachai Sawasdikiart Deputy Prime Minister
2.
 Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram Minister of Defense
3.
 Luang Wichitwathakarn (Wichit Wichitwathakarn) Minister of Finance
4.
 Mr. Vorakarn Banja Minister of Foreign Affairs
5.
 Major General Phao Plienlert Boribhandh Yutthakit Minister of Agriculture
6.
 Lieutenant-General Sawasdi Sawasdironachai Sawasdikiart Minister of Transport
7.
 Air Vice Marshal Muni Mahasandana Wechayant Rangsarit Minister of Commerce
8.
 Major General Banyati Devahasdin Na Ayudhya Minister of Interior
9.
 General Mangkorn Phromyothi Minister of Education
10.
 Mr. Khemacharti Punyaratabandhu Minister of Justice
11.
 Phya Boriraksavejakara (Laihuad Tittirananda) Minister of Public Health
12.
 Mr. Sukich Nimmanahaeminda Minister of Industry
13.
 Major General Prayoon Bhamaramontri Minister
14.
 Rear Admiral Luang Sunavinwiwat (Phisal Sunavin) Minister
15.
 Mr. Luen Phongsophon Minister
16.
 Phra Nititharapiset (Chup Madhyamachandra) Minister

Announced on November 29, 1951.

 

          The Cabinet did not present the policy to the Parliament.

          This Cabinet undertook this change:

1. On December 1, 1951, Rear Admiral Luang Sunavinwiwat (Phisal Sunavin) was appointed Deputy Minister of Defense.

Remark: The Temporary State Administration Committee, in coordination with the President of House of Representatives, helped shape the new Cabinet, of which Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsongkram was re-appointed Prime Minister, on December 6, 1951.

 

Historical Sequence of Thai Cabinet