List of prime ministers of Thailand by education

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Last education by Thai prime ministers
InstitutionNumber of prime ministers
National Defence College of Thailand
6
Law School
3
Ramkhamhaeng University
2
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
1
Other institution
3
Institution outside Thailand
15
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This is a list of prime ministers of Thailand by education.

Contents

List of prime ministers

  Living

No.Prime MinisterTerm of officePrimary educationHigher educationRefs
1 Phraya Manopakorn Nititada June 28, 1932June 20, 1933Wat Ratchaburana
Suankularb Wittayalai School
Wat Chakkrawat
Assumption College
Law School
Middle Temple (United Kingdom)
[1]
2 Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena June 21, 1933December 13, 1938Wat Chakkrawat School
Sukhumala Wittayalai School
Royal Military Academy
Military School, Potsdam (German Empire)
Prussian War College (German Empire)
Copenhagen University College of Engineering (Denmark)
[2]
3 Plaek Phibunsongkhram December 16, 1938
April 8, 1948
August 1, 1944
September 16, 1957
Wat Khemapirataram School Royal Military Academy
Royal Siamese Artillery School
Royal Siamese Army General Staff College
École militaire (Artillery) (France)
University of Paris (Bachelor of Calculate) (France)
[3]
4 Khuang Aphaiwong August 1, 1944
January 31, 1946
November 10, 1947
August 31, 1945
March 24, 1946
April 8, 1948
Debsirin School
Assumption College
École centrale de Lyon (Bachelor of Engineering) (France) [4]
5 Tawee Boonyaket August 31, 1945September 17, 1945Benchamarachuthit Chanthaburi School
Suankularb Wittayalai School
King's College
University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Agriculture) (United Kingdom)
École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie (Master of Agriculture) (France)
[5]
6 Seni Pramoj September 17, 1945
February 15, 1975
April 20, 1976
January 31, 1946
March 13, 1975
October 6, 1976
Rajini School
Assumption College
Debsirin School
Suankularb Wittayalai School
Trent College (United Kingdom)
University of Oxford (Bachelor of Law) (United Kingdom)
Gray's Inn (United Kingdom)
Law School
[6]
7 Pridi Banomyong March 24, 1946August 23, 1946Wat Sala Pun School
Matthayom Wat Benchamabophit School
Ayutthaya School
Suankularb Wittayalai School
Law School
University of Caen (Bachelor and Master of Law) (France)
University of Paris (Doctor of Law and High Vocational Certificate of Political Economics) (France)
[7]
8 Thawan Thamrongnawasawat August 23, 1946November 8, 1947Ayutthaya School
Chulalongkorn University Pre-School
Debsirin School
Teacher Education School
Royal Thai Naval Academy
Law School
[8]
9 Pote Sarasin September 21, 1957December 26, 1957Bangkok Christian College
Wilbraham Academy (United States)
Law School
Middle Temple (United Kingdom)
[9]
10 Thanom Kittikachorn January 1, 1958
December 9, 1963
October 20, 1958
October 14, 1973
Prachaban Wat Kok Phlu School Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Survey School
Royal Thai Army Infantry Center
National Defence College of Thailand
[10]
11 Sarit Thanarat October 20, 1958December 8, 1963Mukdahan School
Wat Mahannapharam School
Infantry School of Bangkok
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy [11]
12 Sanya Dharmasakti October 14, 1973February 26, 1975Taweethapisek School
Assumption College
Patumkongka School
Law School
Middle Temple (United Kingdom)
National Defence College of Thailand
[12]
13 Kukrit Pramoj March 14, 1975January 12, 1976Wattana Wittaya Academy
Suankularb Wittayalai School
Trent College (United Kingdom)
University of Oxford (Bachelor and Master of Philosophy, Politics and Economics) (United Kingdom) [13]
14 Thanin Kraivichien October 8, 1976October 19, 1977Suankularb Wittayalai School University of Moral and Political Sciences (Bachelor of Law)
London School of Economics (Master of Law) (United Kingdom)
Gray's Inn (United Kingdom)
[14]
15 Kriangsak Chamanan November 11, 1977March 3, 1980Samut Sakhon Wittayalai School
Patumkongka School
Amnuay Silpa School
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Army General Staff College
Royal Thai Army Cavalry School
United States Army Command and General Staff College (United States)
National Defence College of Thailand
[15]
16 Prem Tinsulanonda March 3, 1980August 4, 1988Wat Bo Yang School
Mahavajiravudh Songkhla School
Suankularb Wittayalai School
Royal Thai Army Technical School
Royal Thai Army Cavalry School
United States Army Armor School (United States)
Royal Thai Army War College
National Defence College of Thailand
[16]
17 Chatichai Choonhavan August 4, 1988February 23, 1991Benjamarachutit Ratchaburi School
Debsirin School
Amnuay Silpa School
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Army Cavalry School
Royal Thai Army Armoured School
United States Army Armor School (United States)
[17]
18 Anand Panyarachun March 2, 1991
June 10, 1992
March 23, 1992
September 22, 1992
Amnuay Silpa School
Bangkok Christian College
Dulwich College (United Kingdom)
University of Cambridge (Bachelor of Law) (United Kingdom)
Law School
[18]
19 Suchinda Kraprayoon April 7, 1992May 24, 1992Piyawitthaya School
Taweethapisek School
Wat Rajabopit School
Amnuay Silpa School
Pre-Medical School, Chulalongkorn University
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Army General Staff College
United States Army Command and General Staff College (United States)
[19]
20 Chuan Leekpai September 20, 1992
November 9, 1997
May 19, 1995
February 9, 2001
Mattayomwatkhuanvisesmulanithi School
College of Fine Arts
Thammasat University (Bachelor of Law)
Law School of the Thai Bar
Silpakorn University (Doctor of Literature)
[20]
21 Banharn Silpa-archa July 13, 1995November 24, 1996Watthanasil Witthayalai School Ramkhamhaeng University (Bachelor and Master of Law) [21]
22 Chavalit Yongchaiyudh November 25, 1996November 8, 1997Amnuay Silpa School
Triam Udom Suksa School
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Army Signal School
Royal Thai Army General Staff College
United States Army Command and General Staff College (United States)
United States Army Airborne School (United States)
[22]
23 Thaksin Shinawatra February 9, 2001September 19, 2006Montfort College
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
Royal Thai Police Academy
Eastern Kentucky University (Master of Criminal Justice) (United States)
Sam Houston State University (Doctor of Criminal Justice) (United States)
[23]
24 Surayud Chulanont October 1, 2006January 29, 2008St.Francis Xavier Convent School
Saint Gabriel's College
Suankularb Wittayalai School
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Army General Staff College
United States Army Command and General Staff College (United States)
United States Department of the Interior (Resources Management) (United States)
National Defence College of Thailand
[24]
25 Samak Sundaravej January 29, 2008September 9, 2008Satri Bangkhunphrom School
Deves Suksa School
Saint Gabriel's College
Assumption Commercial College
Thammasat University (Bachelor of Law)
Chulalongkorn University (Certificate of Tour Guide)
[25]
26 Somchai Wongsawat September 18, 2008December 2, 2008Amnuay Silpa School Thammasat University (Bachelor of Law)
Law School of the Thai Bar
National Defence College of Thailand
National Institute of Development Administration (Master of Public Administration)
[26]
27 Abhisit Vejjajiva December 17, 2008August 5, 2011Anuban Yukhonthon School
Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Elementary School
Scaitcliffe (United Kingdom)
Eton College (United Kingdom)
University of Oxford (Bachelor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics and Master of Economics) (United Kingdom)
Ramkhamhaeng University (Bachelor of Law)
[27]
28 Yingluck Shinawatra August 5, 2011May 7, 2014Regina Coeli College
Yupparaj Wittayalai School
Chiang Mai University (Bachelor of Political Science)
Kentucky State University (Master of Public Administration) (United States)
[28]
29 Prayut Chan-o-cha August 24, 2014August 22, 2023Sahakitwitthaya School
Pibulwitthayalai School
Wat Nuannoradit School
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy
Royal Thai Army General Staff College
National Defence College of Thailand
[29]
30 Srettha Thavisin August 22, 2023Prasarnmit Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University (Elementary)
Prasarnmit Demonstration School, Srinakharinwirot University (Secondary)
University of Massachusetts (Bachelor of Economics) (United States)
Claremont Graduate University (Master of Finance) (United States)

List of multilingual prime minister of Thailand

Of the 29 persons who have served as prime minister of Thailand, at least third-quarter have displayed proficiency in speaking or writing a language other than Central Thai. Of these, eight of them also public image as Central Thai with other languages as compound bilingual. During the Cold War, Thai education was compelled to study English from the first grade to the twelve grade, Isan language also common in Thai media make most of recently Thai prime minister able to listen and read both in English and Isan shy to speak.

Prime minister Teochew Southern Thai Northern Thai Isan/Lao Khmer English Other languages
1Kon HutasinghaNativeListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial
2Phot PhahonyothinPartialListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartialFluent - German
Partial - Danish
3Plaek PhibunsongkhramListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartialFluent - French
Partial - Japanese
4Khuang AphaiwongListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyFluentPartialFluent - French
5Thawi BunyaketNativeListen onlyListen onlyFluentPartial - French
6Seni PramojListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyFluent
7Pridi BanomyongPartialListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartialFluent - French
Partial - Mandarin
8Thawan ThamrongnawasawatPartialListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial
9Pote SarasinListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyFluentPartial - Hainanese
10Thanom KittikachornListen onlyNativeListen onlyListen only
11Sarit ThanaratListen onlyListen onlyPartialReading onlyListen only
12Sanya DharmasaktiListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial
13Kukrit PramojListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyFluent
14Thanin KraivichienPartialListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartialPartial - Danish
15Kriangsak ChamananFluentListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial
16Prem TinsulanondaNativeListen onlyPartialPartial
17Chatichai ChoonhavanFluentListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartialListen only - Shan
Partial - Spanish
18Anand PanyarachunListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyFluentPartial - Hakka
19Suchinda KraprayoonListen onlyListen onlyPartialPartial
20Chuan LeekpaiPartialNativeListen onlyListen onlyListen only
21Banharn Silpa-archaNativeListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyListen only
22Chavalit YongchaiyudhListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial
23Thaksin ShinawatraListen onlyNativeListen onlyListen onlyPartialPartial - Hakka
Listen only - Arabic
24Surayud ChulanontListen onlyListen onlyPartialPartial
25Samak SundaravejPartialListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial
26Somchai WongsawatNativePartialListen onlyListen only
27Abhisit VejjajivaListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyFluent
28Yingluck ShinawatraListen onlyNativeListen onlyPartialPartial - Hakka
Listen only - Arabic
29Prayut Chan-o-chaListen onlyListen onlyPartialListen only
30Srettha ThavisinListen onlyListen onlyListen onlyPartial

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