List of prime ministers of Thailand by date of death

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List of prime ministers of Thailand by date and place of death.

Order of deaths

OB = Order of Death     Cen = Century     OO = Order of Office     A = Age     Italic text = Death in office

ODNameDateCenOOCausePlaceProvinceACremation place
1 Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena February 14, 194720th2Hemorrhagic Stroke Paruskavan Palace
Dusit, Dusit
Bangkok 59 Wat Benchamabophit
2 Phraya Manopakorn Nititada October 1, 194820th1 Penang, British Malaya (now Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia)64
3 Sarit Thanarat December 8, 196320th11 Chronic kidney disease Phramongkutklao Hospital
Thung Phaya Thai, Phaya Thai (now in Ratchathewi)
Bangkok 55Wat Debsirin
4 Plaek Phibunsongkhram June 11, 196420th3 Sagamihara Kanagawa, Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 66
5 Khuang Aphaiwong March 15, 196820th4 Bangkok 65Wat Debsirin
6 Tawee Boonyaket November 3, 197120th5 Bangkok 66Wat Debsirin
7 Pridi Banomyong May 2, 198320th7Heart failure Paris, Flag of France.svg  France 82
8 Thawan Thamrongnawasawat December 3, 198820th8 Phramongkutklao Hospital
Thung Phaya Thai, Phaya Thai (now in Ratchathewi)
Bangkok 87Wat Debsirin
9 Kukrit Pramoj October 9, 199520th13Senility Samitivej Hospital
Khlong Tan Nuea, Khlong Toei (now in Watthana)
Bangkok 84Wat Debsirin
10 Seni Pramoj July 28, 199720th6 Emphysema Bangkok Hospital
Bang Kapi, Huai Khwang
Bangkok 92Wat Debsirin
11 Chatichai Choonhavan May 6, 199820th17 Cromwell Hospital
South Kensington, Kensington and Chelsea
London, England, Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom 78Wat Debsirin
12 Pote Sarasin September 28, 200020th9Senility Bumrungrad Hospital
Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana
Bangkok 95Wat Debsirin
13 Sanya Dharmasakti January 6, 200221th12 Ramathibodi Hospital
Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi
Bangkok 94Wat Debsirin
14 Kriangsak Chamanan December 23, 200321th15Ischemic Stroke King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital
Pathum Wan, Pathum Wan
Bangkok 86Wat Debsirin
15 Thanom Kittikachorn June 16, 200421th10Hemorrhagic Stroke Bangkok 92Wat Debsirin
16 Samak Sundaravej November 24, 200921th25 Cholangiocarcinoma Bumrungrad International Hospital
Khlong Toei Nuea, Watthana
Bangkok 74Wat Debsirin
17 Banharn Silpa-archa April 23, 201621th21 Asthma Siriraj Piyamaharajkarun Hospital
Siri Rat, Bangkok Noi
Bangkok 83Wat Debsirin
18 Prem Tinsulanonda May 26, 201921th16Heart failure Phramongkutklao Hospital
Thung Phaya Thai, Ratchathewi
Bangkok 98Wat Debsirin

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