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Sarit Thanarat

American  
[sah-reet tah-nah-raht] / sɑˈrit tɑ nɑˈrɑt /

noun

  1. 1908–63, Thai statesman: premier 1952–63.


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First, arch-royalist General Sarit Thanarat seized power in a September 1957 coup, to which Bhumibol gave his blessing.

From Time ● Oct. 13, 2016

It found him in General Phoumi Nosavan, a tubby but talented field commander whose cousin, the late Strongman Sarit Thanarat of Thailand, was a firm supporter of the U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat, after he seized full power in Thailand late in 1958, announced bluntly: "They must go, and they must go soon."

From Time Magazine Archive

For Pook's crowning marked a watershed in the painful process of forgetting Thailand's late Dictator Sarit Thanarat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Throughout his homecoming week, in private conversations with senatorial friends, Johnson zealously talked up his serious new concern for Asian problems, had high praise for Nationalist China's Chiang Kaishek, Thailand's tough Premier Sarit Thanarat.

From Time Magazine Archive

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