Thawisan Ladawan (; 26 January 1924 – 7 April 2006) was husband of
Busba Kitiyakara (younger sister of Queen
Sirikit
Sirikit (born ''Mom Rajawongse'' Sirikit Kitiyakara; 12 August 1932) is a member of the Thai royal family who was List of Thai royal consorts#Rattanakosin Kingdom, Queen of Thailand from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King Bhum ...
), a member of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej's Privy Council, and for 26 years, Principal Private Secretary to King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Education
Thawisan attended
Vajiravudh College and graduated from the inaugural class of
Faculty of Law, Thammasat University
The Faculty of Law, Thammasat University (; ) is an administrative agency of the Thai government, being an academic faculty attached to Thammasat University, Ministry of Education. It is the second oldest university faculty in the country, prece ...
in 1938.
Career
After graduating, he worked in the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral r ...
in several capitals, including Paris and Brussels, and earned a Diplome d'Etudes Superieures de Droit International Public from
Paris University
The University of Paris (), known metonymically as the Sorbonne (), was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution. Emerging around 1150 as a corporation associated with the ca ...
in 1954. He became Deputy Director-General of the Protocol Department before departing in 1968 to serve as Deputy Principal Private Secretary to Bhumibol. A year later he became Bhumibol's Principal Private Secretary, and was later appointed to the
Privy Council.
Family
Thawisan was the son of Phra Phum Phichai (
Mom Ratchawong Bung Ladawan) and Nueang Bunnag. His father was the ruler of
Chaiyaphum Province,
Lamphun Province,
Mae Hong Son Province, and
Kamphaeng Phet Province.
Thawisan married
Busba Kitiyakara in 1958. They had a daughter,
Suthawan Ladawan Sathirathai on 24 September 1958. He divorced her soon afterwards and never remarried. Suthawan married
Surakiart Sathirathai.
Death
He died at the age of 82 of chronic liver disease.
Honours
Thai honours
* Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Most Illustrious
Order of Chula Chom Klao (1984)
* Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted
Order of the White Elephant
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(1978)
* Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble
Order of the Crown of Thailand (1975)
* Chakrabarti Mala Medal (1974)
* Royal Cypher Medal of King Rama IX, 2nd Class (1971)
* Court Medal of King Rama IX (1960)
Foreign honour
* : Grand Cross First Class of the
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...
(1984)
References
* ''The Nation''
Thawisan dies at 83 10 April 2006
* Handley, Paul M. (2006). ''
The King Never Smiles''. Yale University Press, .
1924 births
2006 deaths
Thawisan Ladawan
Thawisan Ladawan
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