History of Thai Prime Ministers
| No. | Name | Assembly | In Office | Out of Office | Policy Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Approved By | Date | Approved By | ||||
| 1 |
Phya
Manopakorn Nitithada (Gon Hutasingha) | I | June 28, 1932 | House of Representatives Resolution | December 10, 1932 | Permanent Constitution Declaration (December 10, 1932) | No Formal Policy Declaration |
| II | December 10, 1932 | House of Representatives Resolution | April 1, 1933 | Royal
Decree of Parliament Closure: New Cabinet in Office
| December 20, 1932 | ||
| III | April 1, 1933 | Royal
Decree
| June 21, 1933 |
Coup
d'Etat, led by General Phya Phahon Phonpayuhasena
| April 1, 1933 | ||
| 2 | General Phya Phahon Phonpayuhasena (Phot Phahonyothin) | IV | June 21, 1933 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| December 16, 1933 | General
Election Type I (Representatives)
| June 26, 1933 |
| V | December 16, 1933 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| September 22, 1934 | Resignation:
Parliament Disapproval of Rubber Limitation Act
| December 25, 1933 | ||
| VI | September 22, 1934 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| August 9, 1937 | Resignation:
Royal Treasury Land Conflict
| September 24, 1934 | ||
| VII | August 9, 1937 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| December 21, 1937 | Term
Ended: General Election
| August 11, 1937 | ||
| VIII | December 21, 1937 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| December 16, 1938 | Parliament
Dissolution (September 11, 1938): | December 23, 1937 | ||
| 3 | IX | December 16, 1938 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 7, 1942 | Resignation:
Cabinet Reshuffle
| December 26, 1938 | |
| X | March 7, 1942 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| August 1, 1944 | Parliament
Disapproval of Petchaboon Municipality Act
| March 16, 1942 | ||
| XXI | March 1, 1948 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| June 25, 1949 | General
Election (Representatives)
| April 21, 1948 | ||
| XXII | June 25, 1949 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| November 29, 1951 | Coup
d'Etat, led by General Phin Choonhavan
| July 6, 1949 | ||
| XXIII | November 29, 1951 | Coup
d'Etat Declaration
| December 6, 1951 | General
Election Type II
| No Formal Policies | ||
| XXIV | December 6, 1951 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 24, 1952 | General
Election Type I (Representatives)
| December 11, 1951 | ||
| XXV | March 24, 1952 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 21, 1957 | Term
Ended: General Election
| April 3, 1952 | ||
| XXVI | March 21, 1957 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| September 16, 1957 |
Coup d'Etat, led
by General Sarit Dhanarajata
| April 1, 1957 | ||
| 4 | Major Kuang Abhaiwongse | XI | August 1, 1944 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| August 31, 1945 | Resignation: | August 3, 1944 |
| XIV | January 31, 1946 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 24, 1946 | Resignation:
Government Disapproval of Parliament Resolution
| February 7, 1946 | ||
| XIX | November 10, 1947 | Great
Cabinet Resolution
| February 21, 1948 | General
Election
| November 27, 1947 | ||
| XX | February 21, 1948 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| April 8, 1948 | Forced
Resignation, by Coup d'Etat Committee (November 8, 1947)
| March 1, 1948 | ||
| 5 | Mr. Tawee Punyaketu | XII | August 31, 1945 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| September 17, 1945 | Resignation
| September 1, 1945 |
| 6 | M.R. Seni Pramoj | XIII | September 17, 1945 | -
| January 31, 1946 | -
| September 19, 1945 |
| XXXV | February 15, 1975 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 14, 1975 | Parliament
Disapproval of Formal Policy
| March 6, 1975 | ||
| XXXVII | April 20, 1976 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| September 25, 1976 | Resignation:
Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn's Ordination Conflict
| April 30, 1976 | ||
| XXXVIII | September 25, 1976 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| October 6, 1976 | Coup
d'Etat, led by Admiral Sangad Chalawyoo
| No Formal Policies | ||
| 7 | XV | March 24, 1946 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| June 11, 1946 | Resignation:
Constitution of 1946 Declaration
| March 25, 1946 | |
| XVI | June 11, 1946 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| August 23, 1946 | Resignation:
Fatigue
| June 13, 1946 | ||
| 8 | Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrongnavaswadhi (Luang Thamrongnavaswadhi) | XVII | August 23, 1946 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| May 30, 1947 | Resignation
(after 7 days of Parliament Session)
| August 26, 1946 |
| XVIII | May 30, 1947 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| November 8, 1947 | Coup
d'Etat, led by General Phin Choonhavan
| June 5, 1947 | ||
| 9 | Mr. Pote Sarasin | XXVII | September 21, 1957 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| January 1, 1958 | General
Election
| September 24, 1957 |
| 10 | Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn | XXVIII | January 1, 1958 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| October 20, 1958 | Coup
d'Etat, led by General Sarit Dhanarajata
| January 9, 1958 |
| XXX | December 9, 1963 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 7, 1969 | General
Election (According to the Constitution of 1968)
| December 19, 1963 | ||
| XXXI | March 7, 1969 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| November 17, 1971 | Coup
d'Etat, led by General Thanom Kittikachorn
| March 25, 1969 | ||
| Coup d'Etat | November 18, 1971 | -
| December 17, 1972 | -
| - | ||
| XXXII | December 18, 1972 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| October 14, 1973 | People
Uprising
| December 22, 1972 | ||
| 11 | Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata | XXIX | February 9, 1959 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| December 8, 1963 | Decease
| February 12, 1959 |
| 12 | Mr. Sanya Dharmasakti | XXXIII | October 14, 1973 | Royal
Command
| May 22, 1974 | Resignation:
Incomplete Constititution Draft
| October 25, 1973 |
| XXXIV | May 27, 1974 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| February 15, 1975 | General
Election: (According to the Constitution of 1974)
| June 7, 1974 | ||
| 13 | Major General M.R. Kukrit Pramoj | XXXVI | March 14, 1975 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| April 20, 1976 | Parliament
Dissolution: General Election
| March 19, 1975 |
| 14 | Mr. Tanin Kraivixien | XXXIX | October 8, 1976 | State
Administration Assembly Resolution
| October 20, 1977 | Coup
d'Etat, led by Admiral Sangad Chalawyoo
| October 29, 1976 |
| 15 | General Kriangsak Chomanan | XL | November 11, 1977 | Coup
d'Etat Resolution
| May 12, 1979 | General
Election
| December 1, 1977 |
| XLI | May 12, 1979 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 3, 1980 | Resignation:
Oil Crisis and Refugee Conflict
| June 7, 1979 | ||
| 16 | General Prem Tinsulanonda | XLII | March 3, 1980 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| April 30, 1983 | Parliamen
Dissolution (January 19, 1983): General Election
| March 28, 1980 |
| XLIII | April 30, 1983 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| August 5, 1986 | Parliament
Dissolution (May 1, 1986): General Election
| May 20, 1983 | ||
| XLIV | August 5, 1986 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| August 4, 1988 | Parliament
Dissolution (April 29, 1988): General Election
| August 27, 1986 | ||
| 17 | General Chatichai Choonhavan | XLV | August 4, 1988 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| December 9, 1990 | Resignation:
New Cabinet Formation
| August 25, 1988 |
| XLVI | December 9, 1990 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| February 23, 1991 | Coup
d'Etat, led by General Sundara Kongsompong
| 9 January 1991 | ||
| 18 | Mr. Anand Panyarachun | XLVII | March 2, 1991 | National
Council of State Security Resolution
| April 7, 1992 | General
Election (According to the Constitution of 1991)
| April 4, 1991 |
| XLIX | June 10, 1992 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| September 23, 1992 | Parliament
Dissolution (June 30, 1992): General Election
| June 22, 1992 | ||
| 19 | General Suchinda Kraprayoon | XLVIII | April 7, 1992 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| June 10, 1992 | May
crisis Event
| May 6, 1992 |
| 20 | Mr. Chuan Leekpai | L | September 23, 1992 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| July 13, 1995 | Parliament
Dissolution (May 19, 1995): General Election
| October 21, 1992 |
| LIII | November 9, 1997 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| February 17, 2001 | Parliament
Dissolution (November 9, 2000): General Election
| November 20, 1997 | ||
| 21 | Mr. Banharn Silapa-Archa | LI | July 13, 1995 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| November 25, 1996 | Parliament
Dissolution (September 27, 1996):General Election
| July 26, 1995 |
| 22 | General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | LIII | November 25, 1996 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| November 9, 1997 | Resignation:
Economic Crisis
| December 11, 1996 |
| 23 | Police Lieutenant Colonel Thaksin Shinawatra | LIV | February 9, 2001 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| March 9, 2005 | Term Ended: General Election | February 26, 2001 |
| LV | March 9, 2005 | House
of Representatives Resolution
| September 19, 2006 |
1) Parliament Dissolution February
24, 2006 2) State Administration Assembly September 19, 2006 | March 23, 2005 | ||
| 24 | General Surayud Chulanont | LVI | October 1, 2006 |
Council for National
Security
| February 6, 2008 |
Constituation of Kingdomgo Thailand
B.E. 2005 when there is appoint went of the new Prime Minister
| November 3, 2006 |
| 25 | Mr. Samak Sundaravej | LVII | January 29, 2008 |
House
of Representatives Resolution
|
September 8, 2008
|
Constitutional Court ruling
| February 18, 2008 |
| 26 | Mr.Somchai Wongsawat | LVIII |
September 18,2008 |
House of Representatives Resolution |
December 2,2008 |
Constitutional Court ruling |
October 7,2008 |
| 27 | Mr.Abhisit Vejjajiva | LVIIII |
December 17,2008 |
House of Representatives Resolution | - |
- |
-December 30,2008 |