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List of ambassadors of Thailand to the United States

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Embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C.

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The Thai Ambassador in Washington, D.C. is the official representative of the Royal Thai Government in Bangkok to the Government of the United States. The position is held by Suriya Chindawongse.{{Cite web |title=Ambassador |url=https://washingtondc.thaiembassy.org/en/page/ambassador?menu=641d7ecdb7e72c44bc7e8893 |access-date=2024-06-22 |website=สถานเอกอัครราชทูต ณ กรุงวอชิงตัน |language=en}}

List of representatives

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!| Agrément/designated

!| Diplomatic accreditation

!| Ambassador

!| Thai name

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!| List of prime ministers of Thailand

!| List of presidents of the United States

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{{dts| 1893|11|01}}

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|Phra Suriya Nuvatr

|พระสุริยานุรัตน์

|Chargé d'affaires After the Paknam incident he was sent from London to Washington, D.C. to search for Arbitration in the Franco-Siamese crisis, Listed as SIAM,In July 1893, to diminish the demand of France, Siam undertook a demarche in Washington. As there was no diplomatic representation in Washington before, Phra Suriya Nuvatr was sent to Washington from London as a special envoy to ask the US to act as an arbitrator in this issue.[https://books.google.com/books?id=g51AAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Da+in+Washington+vorher+noch+keine+diplomatische+Vertretung+bestanden+hatte,+wurde+Phra+Suriya+Nuvatr+aus+London%22]

|Chulalongkorn

|Grover Cleveland

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{{dts|1894|04|01}}

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|

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|Legation replaced

|Chulalongkorn

|Grover Cleveland

|{{dts|1894|06|01}}

{{dts| 1894|06|02}}

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|Marquis de Maha Yotha

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| Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary

|Chulalongkorn

|Grover Cleveland

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{{dts|1895|08|01}}

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|

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|Legation replaced

|Chulalongkorn

|Grover Cleveland

|{{dts|1898|12|01}}

{{dts| 1898|11|12}}

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|Visuddha Suriyasakti

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|In 1903 he was Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom, 1903: M. Phya Visuddha Suriyasakti, Son Envoyé extraordinaire et Ministre plénipotentiaire à la Haye et à Londres. Phya means Marquis

|Chulalongkorn

|William McKinley

|

{{dts|1899|12|01}}

|{{dts|1900|04|16}}

|Phya Prasiddhi

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| with residence in London. Thai Ambassador to the United Kingdom

|Chulalongkorn

|William McKinley

|

{{dts| 1901|12|13}}

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|Akharaj Varadhara

|

| Phya =Marquis de

|Chulalongkorn

|Theodore Roosevelt

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{{dts| 1912|05|22}}

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|Prince Traidos Prabandh

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|Vajiravudh

|William Howard Taft

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{{dts| 1913|12|08}}

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|Phya Prabha Karavongse

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|{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/npc2007000958/|website=loc.gov|title=Phya Prabha Karavongse, Siam|accessdate=2017-09-16}}

|Vajiravudh

|Woodrow Wilson

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{{dts| 1921|05|26}}

|{{dts| 1921|05|26}}

|{{Ill|Sanpakitch Preencha|es}}

|พระยาสรรพกิจปรีชา

|Chargé d'affaires[https://archive.org/stream/ldpd_11266719_000/#page/n16/mode/1up Diplomatic list : July 1921]

|Vajiravudh

|Warren G. Harding

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{{dts|1923|04|27}}

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|Phya Buri Navarasth

|พญาบุรีนวรัฐ

|(Died February 7, 1926)

|Vajiravudh

|Calvin Coolidge

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{{dts| 1926|02|08}}

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|Pra Sundara Vachana

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| Chargé d'affaires

|Prajadhipok

|Calvin Coolidge

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{{dts| 1926|10|15}}

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|Phya Vijitavongs

|พลโทพญาวิจัชวงศ์

|Lt. Gen.

|Prajadhipok

|Calvin Coolidge

|

{{dts| 1929|05|29}}

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|Prince Amoradat Kridakara

|พลเอกเจ้าอาวาสรามาธิบดี

|Maj. Gen.

|Prajadhipok

|Herbert C. Hoover

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{{dts| 1932|01|05}}

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|Phya Subarn Sompati

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|Phraya Manopakorn Nititada

|Herbert C. Hoover

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{{dts| 1933|04|11}}

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|Prince Pridi Debyabongs Devakula

|พลตรี หม่อมเจ้าปรีดิเทพย์พงศ์ เทวกุล

|From 1930 to 1931 he was Thai Ambassador to Germany

|Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena

|Franklin D. Roosevelt

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{{dts|1935|08|15}}

|{{dts|1935|08|21}}

|Phya Abhibal Rajamaitri

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|(* {{dts|1885|03|07}} in Bangkok) Son of Chao Phya Surawongs and Yai Bunnag.

  • 1901–1904 studied at Malvern College, England.
  • 1909 Bachelor of Laws, King's College, Cambridge, England.
  • 1910 Barrister-at-law, Inner Temple, London, England.
  • 1915 Teru. Barrister-at-law, Siam.
  • From 1930 to 1932 he was Thai Ambassador to Italy, Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary of Siam to Rome.
  • From 1 September 1933 – 22 September 1934 he was State councillor of Siam for foreign affairs, while Tom Bunnag was Foreign minister.
  • In 1935 he became Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary of Siam to Washington, D.C.
  • From 1933 to 1935 he was Member Assembly of People's Representatives.
  • From July 8, 1948, to May 15, 1958, he was Thai Ambassador to China.{{citation needed|date=September 2017}}

|Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena

|Franklin D. Roosevelt

|{{dts|1940|06|24}}

{{dts| 1939|08|01}}

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|

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| Listed as THAILAND

|Phibul Songkhram

|Franklin D. Roosevelt

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{{dts|1940|06|18}}

|{{dts|1940|06|24}}

|Seni Pramoj

|:th:หม่อมราชวงศ์เสนีย์ ปราโมช

|October 1945Listed as SIAM

|Phibul Songkhram

|Franklin D. Roosevelt

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{{dts| 1949|01|16}}

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|Thanat Khoman

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|Chargé d'affaires{{cite book|title=Dictionary of the Modern Politics of Southeast Asia|author1=Liow, J.|author2=Leifer, M.|date=2014|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9781317622338|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G5KLBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA370|page=370|accessdate=2017-09-16}}

|Phibul Songkhram

|Harry S. Truman

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{{dts|1947|03|26}}

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|

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|Legation raised to Embassy, Effective date of elevation of Mission was date of President's approval of agreement.

|Kuang Abhayawongse

|Harry S. Truman

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{{dts|1947|04|14}}

|{{dts|1947|04|18}}

|Wan Waithayakon

|:th:พระเจ้าวรวงศ์เธอ พระองค์เจ้าวรรณไวทยากร กรมหมื่นนราธิปพงศ์ประพันธ์

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|Kuang Abhayawongse

|Harry S. Truman

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{{dts|1947|11|08}}

|

|

|

|relations served after the Siamese coup d'état of 1947{{cite book|title=South Asia Defence And Strategic Year Book|author=Singh, C.H.|date=2008|publisher=Pentagon Press|isbn=9788182743205|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_5gIrF4JlB8C&pg=PA283|page=283|accessdate=2017-09-16}}

|Kuang Abhayawongse

|Harry S. Truman

|{{dts|1948|03|06}}

{{dts|1952|06|05}}

|{{dts|1952|06|12}}

|Pote Sarasin

|:th:พจน์ สารสิน

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|Phibul Songkhram

|Harry S. Truman

|

{{dts|1947|09|10}}

|{{dts|1957|10|14}}

|Thanat Khoman

|:th:ถนัด คอมันตร์

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|Kuang Abhayawongse

|Harry S. Truman

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{{dts|1959|05|12}}

|{{dts|1959|06|01}}

|Visutr Arthayukti

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|

  • {{dts|1958|09|18}} nine days after a riot in Bangkok concerning the Preah Vihear Temple, Thailand's deputy foreign minister Visutr Arthayukti told U. Alexis Johnson, the US ambassador in Bangkok, that the Thai government had word from the South Vietnamese that a "coup to overthrow Norodom Sihanouk would shortly take place.
  • {{dts|1963|12|19}} he was Thai Ambassador to Sweden.{{cite book|title=Eisenhower and Cambodia: Diplomacy, Covert Action, and the Origins of the Second Indochina War|author=Rust, W.J.|date=2016|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=9780813167442|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EvIMDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA161|page=161|accessdate=2017-09-16}}

|Sarit Dhanarajata

|Dwight D. Eisenhower

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{{dts|1963|10|29}}

|{{dts|1963|12|19}}

|Sukich Nimmanheminda

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|

|Thanom Kittikachorn

|Lyndon B. Johnson

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{{dts|1967|12|20}}

|{{dts|1968|01|19}}

|Bunchana Atthakor

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|Thanom Kittikachorn

|Lyndon B. Johnson

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{{dts|1969|09|16}}

|{{dts|1969|10|10}}

|{{Ill|Sunthorn Hongladarom|de}}

|:th:สุนทร หงส์ลดารมภ์

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|Thanom Kittikachorn

|Richard Nixon

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{{dts|1972|09|13}}

|{{dts|1972|10|02}}

|Anand Panyarachun

|:th:อานันท์ ปันยารชุน

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|Thanom Kittikachorn

|Richard Nixon

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{{dts|1976|01|19}}

|{{dts|1976|02|09}}

|{{Ill|Upadit Pachariyangkun|fr}}

|:th:อุปดิศร์ ปาจรียางกูร

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|Seni Pramoj

|Gerald Ford

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{{dts| 1976|10|22}}

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|Sukho Suwansiri

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| Chargé d'affaires

|Seni Pramoj

|Gerald Ford

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{{dts|1977|04|26}}

|{{dts|1977|05|13}}

|Arun Panupong

|อรุณ ภาณุพงศ์

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|Kriangsak Chomanan

|Jimmy Carter

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{{dts| 1978|01|17}}

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|Sukho Suwansiri

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| Chargé d'affaires

|Kriangsak Chomanan

|Jimmy Carter

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{{dts|1978|07|24}}

|{{dts|1978|08|02}}

|Klos Visessurakarn

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|

|Kriangsak Chomanan

|Jimmy Carter

|

{{dts|1980|06|26}}

|{{dts|1980|08|22}}

|Prok Amaranand

|

|

|Prem Tinsulanonda

|Jimmy Carter

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{{dts|1982|11|09}}

|{{dts|1982|11|22}}

|{{Ill|Kasem S. Kasemsri|de}}

|:th:หม่อมราชวงศ์เกษมสโมสร เกษมศรี

|Kasemsamosorn Kasemsri

|Prem Tinsulanonda

|Ronald Reagan

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{{dts|1985|09|30}}

|{{dts|1985|11|24}}

|Arsa Sarasin

|:th:อาสา สารสิน

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|Prem Tinsulanonda

|Ronald Reagan

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{{dts|1988|04|13}}

|{{dts|1988|07|05}}

|Vitthya Vejjajiva

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|

|Chatichai Choonhavan

|Ronald Reagan

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{{dts|1991|05|23}}

|{{dts|1991|06|11}}

|Birabhongse Kasemsri

|:th:หม่อมหลวงพีระพงศ์ เกษมศรี

|

|Anand Panyarachun

|George H. W. Bush

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{{dts| 1994|06|23}}

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|Manaspas Xuto

|มนัสพาสน์ ชูโต

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|Suchinda Kraprayoon

|Bill Clinton

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{{dts|1996|01|25}}

|{{dts|1996|02|06}}

|Nitya Pibulsonggram

|:th:นิตย์ พิบูลสงคราม

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|Chavalit Yongchaiyudh

|Bill Clinton

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{{dts|2000|04|07}}

|{{dts|2000|06|14}}

|Tej Bunnag

|:th:เตซ บุนนาค

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|Chuan Leekpai

|Bill Clinton

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{{dts|2001|11|27}}

|{{dts|2001|12|12}}

|Sakthip Krairiksh

|ศักดิ์ทิพย์ ไกรฤกษ์

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|Thaksin Shinawatra

|George W. Bush

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{{dts|2004|07|12}}

|{{dts|2004|07|15}}

|Kasit Piromya

|:th:กษิต ภิรมย์

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|Thaksin Shinawatra

|George W. Bush

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{{dts|2006|02|10}}

|{{dts|2006|03|13}}

|Virasakdi Futrakul

|:th:วีระศักดิ์ ฟูตระกูล

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|Surayud Chulanont

|George W. Bush

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{{dts|2007|04|26}}

|{{dts|2007|07|25}}

|Krit Garnjana Goonchorn

|:th:กฤษณ์ กาญจนกุญชร

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|Surayud Chulanont

|George W. Bush

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{{dts|2009|07|17}}

|{{dts|2009|07|20}}

|Don Pramudwinai

|:th:ดอน ปรมัตถ์วินัย

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|Samak Sundaravej

|Barack Obama

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{{dts|2010|12|06}}

|{{dts|2010|12|07}}

|Kittiphong Na Ranong

|:th:กิตติพงษ์ ณ ระนอง

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|Samak Sundaravej

|Barack Obama

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{{dts|2012|04|18}}

|{{dts|2012|05|02}}

|Chaiyong Satjipanon

|:th:ชัยยงค์ สัจจิพานนท์

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|Yingluck Shinawatra

|Barack Obama

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{{dts|2013|10|25}}

|{{dts|2013|12|03}}

|Vijavat Isarabhakdi

|:th:วิชาวัฒน์ อิศรภักดี

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|Yingluck Shinawatra

|Barack Obama

|{{dts|2014|05|07}}

{{dts|2015|02|18}}

|{{dts|2015|02|23}}

|Pisan Manawapat

|พิศาล มาณวพัฒน์

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|Prayut Chan-o-cha

|Barack Obama

|{{dts|2023|08|22}}

June 2018

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|Virachai Plasai

|:th:วีรชัย พลาศรัย

|Died March 16, 2019

|Prayut Chan-o-cha

|Donald Trump

|March 16, 2019

August 2019

|January 6, 2021

|Thani Thongphakdi

|ธานี ทองภักดี

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|Prayut Chan-o-cha

|Donald Trump

|September 2020

2021

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|Manasvi Srisodapol

|มนัสวี ศรีโสดาพล

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|Prayut Chan-o-cha

|Joe Biden

|September 2022

November 2022

|December 12, 2022

|Tanee Sangrat

|ธานี แสงรัตน์

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|Prayut Chan-o-cha

Srettha Tavisin

|Joe Biden

|May 2024

June 2024

|June 17th, 2024

|Suriya Chindawongse

|สุริยา จินดาวงษ์

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|Srettha Tavisin

Paetongtarn Shinawatra

|Joe Biden

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Chief of Protocol, [https://2009-2017.state.gov/s/cpr/rls/94532.htm], [https://2001-2009.state.gov/s/cpr/94532.htm]Web archiving, Embassy of Thailand in Washington, D.C., [http://thaiembdc.org/th/%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%95-%E0%B8%93-%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87/%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B9%E0%B8%95%E0%B9%84%E0%B8%97/], The Eagle and the Elephant, Thai-American Relations Since 1833, [http://thaiembdc.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Part1EagleElephant-1.pdf]

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