Siddhi Savetsila
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Siddhi Savetsila (1980)
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
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In office 15 January 1986 – 5 August 1986 |
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| Prime Minister | Prem Tinsulanonda |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
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In office 11 February 1980 – 26 August 1990 |
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| Prime Minister |
Kriangsak Chamanan Prem Tinsulanonda Chatichai Choonhavan |
| Preceded by | Upadit Pachariyangkun |
| Succeeded by | Subin Pinkayan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
7 January 1919 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Died | 5 December 2015 (aged 96) |
| Political party | Social Action Party (1983–1990) |
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| Allegiance | Thailand |
| Service/branch | Royal Thai Air Force |
| Rank |
 Air Chief Marshal
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| Battles/wars | Pacific War |
Siddhi Savetsila (Thai: สิทธิ เศวตศิลา, rtgs: Sitthi Sawetsila, Thai pronunciation: [sìttʰìʔ sàʔwèːtsìʔlaː], 7 January 1919 – 5 December 2015) was a Thai air force officer and politician. After finishing his military career with the rank of air chief marshal, he served as the foreign minister of Thailand from 1980 to 1990. Since 1991, he has been a member of the Privy Council of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
Siddhi Savetsila was born in Bangkok. He comes from an aristocratic background. His father was a high-ranking official in the royal government. His paternal grandfather was Henry Alabaster who was the British consul in Siam during the reign of King Rama IV (Mongkut) and then served as an advisor to King Rama V (Chulalongkorn). His mother was an offspring of the influential Bunnag family.
Siddhi studied metallurgic engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), graduating with an S.B. degree in 1943. During the Second World War, he joined the Free Thai Movement (Seri Thai) which resisted against the de facto occupation of Thailand by Japanese forces. He collected data for the US foreign-intelligence agency OSS (predecessor of the CIA) and was temporarily detained by the Japanese. Two of Siddhis sisters married US intelligence operatives, one was the wife of former OSS agent Willis Bird and one of CIA officer William Lair. After the end of the war, he returned to the MIT and received his S.M. degree in 1947.
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