Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol | |
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ประยูร ยุทธศาสตร์โกศล | |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| In office 21 March 1957 – 16 September 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Minister of Culture | |
| In office 2 August 1955 – 16 September 1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Preceded by | Sunawinwiwat |
| Succeeded by | Pin Malakul |
| Minister of Cooperatives | |
| In office 24 March 1952 – 1 August 1955 | |
| Prime Minister | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 6 December 1951 – 23 March 1952 | |
| Prime Minister | Plaek Phibunsongkhram |
| Preceded by | Pholasinthanawat |
| Succeeded by | Chamnanarthayutha |
| Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Navy | |
| In office 1 December 1951 – 19 September 1957 | |
| Preceded by | Pholasinthanawat |
| Succeeded by | Chamnanarthayutha |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 September 1893 Siam |
| Died | 11 December 1975 (aged 82) Thailand |
| Spouse | Prayoon Jansawad |
| Alma mater | Royal Thai Naval Academy |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Thailand |
| Branch/service |  Royal Thai Navy |
| Years of service | 1951-1957 |
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Luang Yuthasastr Kosol (Thai: หลวงยุทธศาสตร์โกศล, personal name Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol, 19 October 1893 – 11 December 1975) was a Commander of the Royal Thai Navy.[2]
Prayoon joined the Royal Thai Naval Academy on 18 April 1919, and continued his studies at Thai Naval War College in 1932, where his fraternity brothers dubbed him "The professor", a nickname he kept throughout his navy career. Prayoon served in the Royal Thai Navy from 1932 to his retirement in 1957 in many positions:
Among several official visits, Luang Yuthasastr Kosol represented Thailand in Spain, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, France, Belgium, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, USA, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 1953, Luang Yuthasastr Kosol led the Naval Parade for the Queen’s Coronation held in the United Kingdom.
During his last years of service, Prayoon undertook several agricultural projects such as the creation of a secured and self-managed market by parboiled rice farmers, including increased marketing opportunities and refrigeration as well as rural reconstruction of liquid gas propane, and rubber industry. An oil refinery in cooperation with American Petroleum Export Company through the flotation of a bond issue to fund the project and the initiation of the deep-sea port in Si Racha District.
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King Rama IX Coronation Medal
Commemorative Medal on the Occasion of the 150th Years of Rattanakosin Celebration
Nazi Germany :
Order of the German Red Cross, Third Class
Italy :
Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
France :
Commander of the Legion of Honour
Japan :
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Order of the Sacred Treasure, Third Class
UN :
Kingdom of Laos :
Grand Cross of the Order of the Royal Statue
Grand Cross of the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol
Cambodia :
Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sahametrei
Burma :
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Grand Commander of the Order of the Union of Burma - Military