Tawee Boonyaket

Infobox Prime Minister
name = Tawee Boonyaket
ทวี บุณยเกตุ
nationality = Thai


order = 5th Prime Minister of Thailand
monarch = Ananda Mahidol
term_start = August 31 1945
term_end = September 17 1945
predecessor = Khuang Abhaiwongse
successor = Seni Pramoj
birth_date = birth date|1904|11|10|mf=y
birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand
death_date = death date and age|1971|11|3|1904|11|10|mf=y
death_place =
spouse = Amphasri Boonyaket

Tawee Bunyaket (November 10 1904 - November 3 1971, Thai: ทวี บุณยเกตุ) was a Thai politician and the prime minister for a short term.

After studying at the King's College (England) and the École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon (France), he started to work as a Government Official at the Thai Ministry of Agriculture. On June 24 1932 he joined the coup group of the 1932 coup, the People's Party. He became Secretary General in the cabinet of Field Marshal Phibunsongkhram, and Minister of Education in the cabinet of Khuang Abhaiwongse. When Khuang resigned directly after the end of World War II, he was elected as prime minister on August 31 1945 and formed the 12th Thai administration. However he was only chosen because the preferred candidate Seni Pramoj, chief of the Free Thai Movement, wasn't available. 17 days after his election, on September 17, he resigned to free the post for Seni Pramoj.

Later he became President of the Constitutional Drafting Committee during the government of Field Marshal Sarit Dhanarajata.

External links

* [http://www.thaigov.go.th/general/prime/tawee42.htm Biography at the Thai government]