Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada as Prime Minister of Siam from 1932 to 1933.
Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada was born at Phra Nakhon District in 1884. His recorded nationality is Rattanakosin Kingdom. He was educated at Assumption College and Suankularb Wittayalai School.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
The offices held were Prime Minister of Thailand (1932–1933), Minister of Finance of Thailand (1932–1933) and Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce (1922–1926).
He is described as politician, lawyer and civil servant.
Power is judged twice: once by contemporaries who felt it, and again by historians who did not.
Formal honours included the Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (1927), Grand Commander of the Order of Chula Chom Klao (1931), Commander of the Order of the White Elephant (1916) and Dushdi Mala Medal (1912).
That the career was made in Rattanakosin Kingdom is not incidental: the institutions available, the franchise, and the constraints of the moment all shaped what could be attempted.
Phraya Manopakorn Nitithada died in 1948, aged 64. The assessment continues, as it does for anyone who held power - which is the ordinary fate of a political life.
Achievements
- Prime Minister of Thailand (1932–1933)
- Minister of Finance of Thailand (1932–1933)
- Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce (1922–1926)
- Permanent Secretary for Agriculture and Cooperatives of Thailand (1919–1923)
- Grand Cross of the Order of the Crown of Thailand — 1927
- Grand Commander of the Order of Chula Chom Klao — 1931
- Commander of the Order of the White Elephant — 1916
- Dushdi Mala Medal — 1912
- Educated at Assumption College and Suankularb Wittayalai School
