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80 Years of
Thai Prime Ministers
(2012)
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Issue Name: |
80 Years of Thai
Prime Ministers (1932-2012) |
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Thai Issue
Name: |
นายกรัฐมนตรีไทย
ในรอบ ๘๐ ปี (พ.ศ. ๒๔๗๕-๒๕๕๕) |
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Issue Date: |
2012/2555-06-28 |
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Cause: |
To commemorate
the
80th
Anniversary of the Office of Prime Minister, which was
officially established on 9 December1933, and first held by
Manopakorn Nititada, who
unofficially assumed his position on 28
June 1932, four days after the coup that brought an
end to the Absolute Monarchy. |
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Catalogue Number: |
S2012/1-28 |
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Denomination: |
3 Baht (28 designs) |
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Unused Value: |
3 Baht (28 designs) |
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Complete Set: |
84 Baht for the above stamps
(or 120 Baht including 12 extra stamps on 1 sheet, which is
issued with a value of 240 Baht) |
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Thailex Collection: |
Unused set |
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Size: |
26 x 45 mm (in se-tenant
pairs) |
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Quantity of Stamps: |
n/a |
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Printer: |
Thailand Post Co., Ltd.,
Bangkok, Thailand |
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Subject: |
Se-tenant stamps with
portraits of the 28
Thai Prime Ministers,
who held the office of Premier between
1932 and 2012, paired with the Thai national flag. Their
portraits hang in the hall of the
Government
House of Thailand,
known as
Thai Khoo Fah,
and the names of the above premiers are: 1.
Manopakorn Nititada; 2. Phahon
Phonphayuhasena; 3. Plaek
Phibun Songkram; 4. Khuang
Abhaiwongse; 5. Tawee Boonyaket; 6. Seni Pramoj; 7.
Pridi Phanomyong; 8. Thawan
Thamrongnavaswadhi; 9. Pote Sarasin;
10. Thanom
Kittikachorn; 11. Sarit Dhanarajata; 12. Sanya Dharmasakti; 13. Kukrit Pramoj;
14. Tanin Kraivixien; 15. Kriangsak
Chomanan; 16. Prem Tinsulanonda; 17. Chatichai
Choonhavan; 18. Anand Panyarachun; 19. Suchinda
Kraprayoon; 20. Chuan Leekpai; 21. Banharn
Silpa-Archa; 22. Chavalit
Yongchaiyudh; 23. Thaksin Shinawat; 24. Surayud Chulanont; 25. Samak Sundaravej;
26. Somchai
Wongsawat; 27. Abhisit
Vejjajiva; 28.
Yinglak Shinawat.
Note that up to the current premiership
there have in fact been a total of 37 terms of office, with
28 premiers and 1 acting premier. Several premiers
have served more than one term in office and Meechai Ruchuphan
is not mentioned in the above list due to the fact that he
only served as
acting premier after a coup d'état. |
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Related Link: |
Thai Prime Ministers,
80th Anniversary of the Office of Prime Minister,
Thai Khoo Fah,
Phibun Songkram,
Pridi Phanomyong,
Kukrit Pramoht |
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