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Being the great-grandson of King Rama II, he was a member of the Thai royal family.\nHe also portrayed the Prime Minister of the fictional country of Sarkhan in the 1963 motion picture The Ugly American with Marlon Brando.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"20 April 1911","date":"1911-04-20"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"In Buri","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q475556"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"9 October 1995","date":"1995-10-09"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Bangkok","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Thailand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q869"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"journalist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1930187"},{"text":"writer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q36180"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"economist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188094"},{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"businessperson","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43845"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P106"}},{"key":"party","label":"Political party","values":[{"text":"Social Action Party (1974–1991)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1127730","start":"1974","end":"1991"},{"text":"Democrat Party (1946–1948)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1186248","start":"1946","end":"1948"},{"text":"Progress Party (1945–1946)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13017208","start":"1945","end":"1946"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P102"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"The Queen's College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q73094"},{"text":"Trent College","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7838377"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Mom Rajawongse Pakprink Thongyai","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16139229","start":"1936"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"Prime Minister of Thailand (17 March 1975 – 12 January 1976)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12376089","start":"1975-03-17","end":"1976-01-12"},{"text":"Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21290865"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"National Artist of Thailand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1145980","date":"1985"},{"text":"Grand Cross of the Order of Civil Merit","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q28861961","date":"1960"},{"text":"Fukuoka Asian Culture Prize","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1323284","date":"1990"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukrit_Pramoj","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Kukrit Pramoj born?","a":"Kukrit Pramoj was born on 20 April 1911 in In Buri."},{"q":"What positions has Kukrit Pramoj held?","a":"Positions held by Kukrit Pramoj include: Prime Minister of Thailand (1975–1976); Member of the House of Representatives of Thailand."},{"q":"Where did Kukrit Pramoj study?","a":"Kukrit Pramoj was educated at The Queen's College, Trent College."}],"related":[{"name":"Anutin Charnvirakul","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/anutin-charnvirakul"},{"name":"Thanom Kittikachorn","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thanom-kittikachorn"},{"name":"Yingluck Shinawatra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yingluck-shinawatra"},{"name":"Thanin Kraivichien","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thanin-kraivichien"},{"name":"Plaek Phibunsongkhram","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/plaek-phibunsongkhram"},{"name":"Thaksin Shinawatra","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thaksin-shinawatra"},{"name":"Banharn Silpa-archa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/banharn-silpa-archa"},{"name":"Abhisit Vejjajiva","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abhisit-vejjajiva"},{"name":"Samak Sundaravej","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/samak-sundaravej"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/kukrit-pramoj-9908d8d9f1.jpg","width":255,"height":384,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"Norman Peagam","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kukrit_Pramoj_1974_(cropped).jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Kukrit Pramoj","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kukrit_Pramoj","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q959588","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q959588","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Kukrit Pramoj 1974 (cropped).jpg by Norman Peagam (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kukrit_Pramoj_1974_(cropped).jpg","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Kukrit Pramoj, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Kukrit Pramoj 1974 (cropped).jpg — Norman Peagam, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Kukrit Pramoj\". DigiNepal. Last updated 7 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/kukrit-pramoj. Retrieved 7 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-07T06:45:13Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/kukrit-pramoj","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/kukrit-pramoj","ne":null}}