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In 2008, the party was dissolved by the Constitutional Court and Banharn was banned from politics for five years.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"19 August 1932","date":"1932-08-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111980#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Suphan Buri","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q978805"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111980#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"23 April 2016","date":"2016-04-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q111980#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of 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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Banharn Silpa-archa (cropped).jpg — Banharn_Silpa-archa.jpg: พีรพัฒน์ วิมลรังครัตน์ derivative work: Sodacan (talk), CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Banharn Silpa-archa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/banharn-silpa-archa. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:42:42Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/banharn-silpa-archa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/banharn-silpa-archa","ne":null}}