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Which Thai government position did Pridi Banomyong hold before becoming Prime Minister?

  • Regent

  • Chief of Police

  • Foreign Minister

  • Chief Justice

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Pridi Banomyong was the Regent of Thailand from 1935 to 1938. He was appointed to this position by King Rama VIII, who was still a minor at the time. Pridi Banomyong was a key figure in the Thai Revolution of 1932, which overthrew the absolute monarchy and established a constitutional monarchy. He served as Prime Minister of Thailand from 1946 to 1947.
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