{"id":"thanin-kraivichien","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/thanin-kraivichien","language":"en","name":"Thanin Kraivichien","name_en":"Thanin Kraivichien","name_ne":null,"description":"Thai lawyer and politician","headline":"Thai lawyer and politician","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Thanin Kraivichien was a Thai judge, politician and law professor. He was the prime minister of Thailand between 1976 and 1977. He was then appointed to the Privy Council and became its president in 2016. With the death of Prem Tinsulanonda in May 2019, he became the oldest living former Thai Prime Minister.","summary_more":[],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"5 April 1927","date":"1927-04-05"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Bangkok","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1861"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"23 February 2025","date":"2025-02-23"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#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/Q74861#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Thailand","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q869"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"politician","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q82955"},{"text":"university teacher","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1622272"},{"text":"lawyer","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q40348"},{"text":"judge","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16533"},{"text":"civil servant","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q212238"},{"text":"jurist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q185351"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"London School of Economics and Political Science","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174570","end":"1953"},{"text":"Thammasat University","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1209733","end":"1948"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P69"}},{"key":"spouse","label":"Spouse","values":[{"text":"Karen Kraiwichian","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20556916"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P26"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"President of the Privy Council of Thailand (14 October 2016 – 2 December 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q113015721","start":"2016-10-14","end":"2016-12-02"},{"text":"Member of the Privy Council of Thailand (15 December 1977 – 6 December 2016)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q123699214","start":"1977-12-15","end":"2016-12-06"},{"text":"Prime Minister of Thailand (8 October 1976 – 19 October 1977)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12376089","start":"1976-10-08","end":"1977-10-19"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861#P39"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanin_Kraivichien","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Thanin Kraivichien born?","a":"Thanin Kraivichien was born on 5 April 1927 in Bangkok."},{"q":"What positions has Thanin Kraivichien held?","a":"Positions held by Thanin Kraivichien include: President of the Privy Council of Thailand (2016–2016); Member of the Privy Council of Thailand (1977–2016); Prime Minister of Thailand (1976–1977)."},{"q":"Where did Thanin Kraivichien study?","a":"Thanin Kraivichien was educated at London School of Economics and Political Science, Thammasat University."}],"related":[{"name":"Surayud Chulanont","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/surayud-chulanont"},{"name":"Prem Tinsulanonda","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prem-tinsulanonda"},{"name":"Prayut Chan-o-cha","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/prayut-chan-o-cha"},{"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":"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"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/thanin-kraivichien-30fd8a148f.jpg","width":500,"height":800,"license":"CC BY 2.0","credit":"thaigov","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanin2011.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Thanin Kraivichien","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanin_Kraivichien","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q74861","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q74861","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Tanin2011.jpg by thaigov (CC BY 2.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tanin2011.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 Thanin Kraivichien, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Tanin2011.jpg — thaigov, CC BY 2.0.","cite":"\"Thanin Kraivichien\". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/thanin-kraivichien. Retrieved 6 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-11-06T06:42:42Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-06","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/thanin-kraivichien","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/thanin-kraivichien","ne":null}}