Phraya Songsuradet

Colonel Phraya Songsuradej พระยาทรงสุรเดช
Birth name	Deva Bandhumasena
Born	(1892-08-12)12 August 1892 Bangkok, Siam
Died	1 June 1944(1944-06-01) (aged 51) Phnom Penh, French Indochina
Allegiance	Thailand
Service/branch	Royal Thai Army
Years of service	1913–1938
Rank	Colonel

Colonel Thep Phanthumsen^[a] (Thai: เทพ พันธุมเสน; 12 August 1892 – 1 June 1944), better known by the noble title Phraya Songsuradet (พระยาทรงสุรเดช), was a Thai military officer and member of the People's Party. As a cadet he studied at the Royal Prussian Main Cadet Institute and was a leading member of the senior army officers responsible for the Siamese revolution of 1932.^[1][2] After the revolution, he became de facto chief of the whole military.

He had conflicts with Plaek Phibunsongkhram, who was a junior military officer in many serious matters. After Phibunsongkhram's rise to power in 1938, these conflicts became the allegations in the subsequent Songsuradet rebellion.^[3]

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