Colonel Phraya Songsuradej (Thai: พระยาทรงสุรเดช) (12 August 1892 – 1 June 1944, common name Deva Bandhumasena (เทพ พันธุมเสน) was a Thai military officer and member of Khana Ratsadon (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. After the revolution, he became de facto chief of the whole military.
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1891 Bangkok, Siam
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1944 (aged 52) Phnom Penh, French Indochina
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