Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena held public office at a time when the terms of that office were themselves being contested.
The record lists Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena as Thai military officer & politician (1887-1947).
Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena was born at Phra Nakhon Province in 1887. His recorded nationality is Rattanakosin Kingdom. He was educated at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy and Royal Prussian Main Cadet Institute.
Around the turn of the twentieth century, mass movements, total war and the collapse of empires reshaped what a political career could be.
The record of office reads: Prime Minister of Thailand (1933–1938), Minister of Interior of Thailand (1933–1934) and Minister of Education of Thailand (1933–1934).
His political affiliation is recorded as Khana Ratsadon.
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 Chula Chom Klao (1943), Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Elephant (1937), Commander of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (1929) and Victory Medal - Franco-Thai War (1941).
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 Phahonphonphayuhasena died in 1947, aged 60. 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 (1933–1938)
- Minister of Interior of Thailand (1933–1934)
- Minister of Education of Thailand (1933–1934)
- Minister of Defence of Thailand (1934–1934)
- Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao — 1943
- Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Elephant — 1937
- Commander of the Order of the Crown of Thailand — 1929
- Victory Medal - Franco-Thai War — 1941
- Educated at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy and Royal Prussian Main Cadet Institute
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