People's Committee of Siam

People's Committee
1st Council of Ministers of Siam
1932
Phraya Manopakorn Nititada the President of the People's Committee.
Date formed	28 June 1932 (1932-06-28)
Date dissolved	10 December 1932 (1932-12-10)
People and organisations
Monarch	Prajadhipok
President of the People's Committee	Phraya Manopakorn Nititada
President of the People's Committee's history
No. of ministers	14
Total no. of members	14
Status in legislature	Caretaker government
History
Legislature term(s)
Successor

The People's Committee of Siam, (Thai: คณะกรรมการราษฎร) was the first constitutional Cabinet of Siam (now Thailand) or (Thai: คณะรัฐมนตรีคณะที่ 1 ของไทย). After the Revolution of 1932, and promulgation of the 'Temporary' Constitution, Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (a civil servant and former Minister of Justice) was appointed the first President of the People's Committee (Thai: ประธานคณะกรรมการราษฎร) - in essence Prime Minister. However he was not allowed to appoint the members of the Cabinet as the Khana Ratsadon, the revolutionary party, has already decided to do that themselves.

Out of the fifteen members 10 are from the Khana Ratsadon; out of the 7 "Promoters" 5 are in the committee. The committee did not present any policies to the National Assembly, but decided to govern the country in accordance with the 6 Principles. The committee was active from 28 June 1932 to 10 December 1932. The committee ended with the signing and promulgation of the 'Permanent' Constitution of 1932, most members returned for the second Cabinet.^[1]

See also[]

• Siamese Revolution of 1932
• Khana Ratsadon
• Constitution of Thailand
• Cabinet of Thailand
• Government of Thailand
• History of Thailand (1932–1973)

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