Pridi Banomyong was born in 1900 in the southern Thai province of Chumphon. He was the son of a Chinese father and a Thai mother. Pridi was educated in Thailand and Japan. He returned to Thailand in 1927 and joined the civil service. In 1932, he was one of the leaders of the bloodless coup that overthrew the absolute monarchy.
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