What is Thanat Khoman?
[[File:Thanat Khoman 1961.jpg|225px|thumb|upright|Thanat Khoman in 1961]] '''Thanat Khoman''' (also Thanad; {{lang-th|ถนัด คอมันตร์}}; {{RTGS|''Thanat Khoman''}}; May 9, 1914 &ndash; March 3, 2016) was a [[Thais|Thai]] former [[diplomat]] and [[politician]]. He was [[Foreign Minister]] from 1959 to 1971, chairman of the [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]] from 1979 to 1982, and [[Deputy Prime Minister]] from 1980 to 1982.<ref>{{Cite book |editor=Marjorie Dent Candee |title=Current Biography Yearbook |url=https://archive.org/details/currentbiogr195700cand |publisher=H. W. Wilson |year=1958 |page=[https://archive.org/details/currentbiogr195700cand/page/226 226]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Thai Foreign Minister to Lecture at Gaston |newspaper=The Hoya |date=24 October 1968 |page=3}}</ref> ==Forming of ASEAN== He and foreign ministers of 4 other countries, were responsible for starting [[ASEAN]].<ref>[http://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1290479/recalling-thanat-as-a-diplomatic-doyen Recalling Thanat as a diplomatic doyen]</ref> ==Death== Khoman died in [[Bangkok]], Thailand of [[respiratory failure]] on March 3, 2016 at the age of 101.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/08/world/asia/thanat-khoman-thai-statesman-and-co-founder-of-asian-alliance-dies-at-101.html|title=Thanat Khoman, Thai Statesman and Co-Founder of Asian Alliance, Dies at 101|first=Richard C.|last=Paddock|date=7 March 2016|publisher=|via=NYTimes.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Khoman, Thanat}} [[Category:1914 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Centenarians]] [[Category:Asian diplomats]] [[Category:Thai politicians|Thanat Khoman]] [[Category:World War II people]]