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'{{Infobox officeholder | name = Booneua Prasertsuwan | image = | image_size = | caption = | office = [[List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Thailand|Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand]] | term_start = July 11, 1995 | term_end = September 27, 1996 | predecessor = [[Marut Bunnag]] | successor = [[Wan Muhamad Noor Matha]] | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1919|4|13|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bang Pla Ma District|Bang Pla Ma]], [[Suphan Buri Province|Suphan Buri]], [[Thailand]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2016|10|13|1919|4|13|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand]] | death_cause = | resting_place = | residence = | education = | employer = | occupation = | party = [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]] {{small|(1957-1974)}}<br>[[Social Justice Party (Thailand)|Social Justice Party]] {{small|(1975)}}<br>[[Thai Nation Party]] {{small|(1975-1995)}} | religion = | spouse = Duangnet Prasertsuwan | children = [[Nathawut Prasertsuwan]] | parents = | relatives = }} '''Booneua Prasertsuwan''', also spelled '''Boon-eau Prasertsuwan''', (April 13, 1919 – October 13, 2016) was a [[Thailand|Thai]] politician from [[Suphan Buri Province]]. Prasertsuwan was first elected to the national [[House of Representatives (Thailand)|House of Representatives]] in 1957 and won election to the House for 10 consecutive elections from 1957 to [[Thai general election, 1996|1996]].<ref name=bpost>{{cite news|first=|last=|title=Ex-House speaker Boon-eua dies at 97 |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/1109468/ex-house-speaker-boon-eua-dies-at-97 |work=[[Bangkok Post]] |publisher= |date=2016-10-13 |accessdate=2016-10-26}}</ref> He served as [[List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Thailand|Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand]] from 1995 to 1996.<ref name=bpost/> He is credited with persuading [[Banharn Silpa-archa]], the former [[Prime Minister of Thailand]] from 1995 to 1996, to enter politics.<ref name=bpost/> ==Biography== Prasertsuwan was born in [[Bang Pla Ma District]], [[Suphan Buri Province]], on April 13, 1919, to parents, Chuang (mother) and Lang (father) Suwanhong.<ref name=bpost/> In 1937, he became a teacher at the Kannasut Sueksalai in his native Suphan Buri Province. He later completed his studies at military medical school and became a [[Thai Army]] sergeant.<ref name=bpost/> Following the end of [[World War II]], Prasertsuwan became a medical instructor at the Ananda Mahidol Hospital in [[Lopburi]] before resigning from his position in 1946 to open a family-run [[medical clinic]].<ref name=bpost/> Prasertsuwan entered politics at the local, provincial level. He was elected to the Suphan Buri provincial council, representing Bang Pla Ma district, four times.<ref name=bpost/> In 1957, he was elected to the [[House of Representatives (Thailand)|House of Representatives]] of Thailand. He won election to the House of Representatives in ten elections from 1957 to 1996.<ref name=bpost/> In 1975, Prasertsuwan joined the [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|Democrat Party]], but later switched to the [[Thamsangkhom Party|Thamsangkhom]] and the now defunct [[Thai Nation Party]] (or Chart Thai Party).<ref name=bpost/> In 1981, Prasertsuwan was appointed Deputy Agriculture and Cooperative Minister in a government of Prime Minister [[Prem Tinsulanonda]] to replace the late [[Pol Col Krit Sangkhasap]], who had died in a 1981 helicopter accident in [[Chiang Mai]] while in office.<ref name=bpost/> [[Chatichai Choonhavan]], the Prime Minister from 1988 to 1991, also appointed Prasertsuwan as his Office Minister and Deputy Prime Minister during his government.<ref name=bpost/> Prasertsuwan was elected [[List of Speakers of the House of Representatives of Thailand|Speaker of the House of Representatives of Thailand]] in 1995, a position he held until September 1996.<ref name=bpost/> In 1997, he was named to the rank of major general in a special case.<ref name=bpost/> Booneua Prasertsuwan, who was 97 years old, died at [[Siriraj Hospital]] in Bangkok on October 13, 2016, the same day as the passing of the [[King of Thailand]], [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]].<ref name=bpost/> Prasertsuwan was married to Duangnet Prasertsuwan; the couple had one son, [[Nathawut Prasertsuwan]], a politician and former MP for Suphan Buri Province.<ref name=bpost/> ==References== {{reflist}} {{HouseSpeakerTH}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Prasertsuwan, Booneua}} [[Category:1919 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Speakers of the House of Representatives (Thailand)]] [[Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Thailand)]] [[Category:Government ministers of Thailand]] [[Category:Royal Thai Army personnel]] [[Category:Democrat Party (Thailand) politicians]] [[Category:Thai Nation Party politicians]] [[Category:People from Suphan Buri Province]]'