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Biography

Mom Rajawongse (M.R.) Kukrit Pramoj was born in Sing Buri Province in 1911. He came from a well-to-do, upper-class family. He went to boarding school in England and studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. He started his career in finance and banking before founding the Progress Party, the first political party in Thailand. He also founded a newspaper. At the same time, he became immersed in Thai culture and wrote many works – fiction and non-fiction. He was prime minister for a year, from 1975 and 1976, during which time he went to China and met Mao Zedong and re-established Thai relations with China. He even appeared as an actor in the film The Ugly American, playing a prime minister. He died in 1995.

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