Thawisan Ladawan

Who is Thawisan Ladawan?

Thawisan Ladawan was husband of Busba Kitiyakara, a member of King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Privy Council, and for 26 years, principal private secretary to the King. Thawisan attended Vajiravudh College and graduated from the inaugural class of Thammasat University in 1938. He worked in several capitals, including Paris and Brussels, and earned a Diplome d'Etudes Superieures de Droit International Public from Paris University in 1954. He became Deputy Director-Deneral of the Protocol Department before departing in 1968 to serve as Deputy Principal Private Secretary to Bhumibol. A year later he became Bhumibol's Principal Private Secretary, and was later appointed to the Privy Council. He died at the age of 83 due to chronic liver disease.