Our Thai
brothers and sisters are celebrating two occasions at the same time today. They
are enjoying the day their beloved King was born and at the same time the
country's Father's Day.
Born on
December 5, 1927 at Mount Auburn Hospital,
in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A, His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej of
Thailand is the world's longest reigning monarch. He is the third and youngest child of Their Royal Highnesses
Prince and Princess Mahidol of Songkla.
His Majesty studied at Ecole Nouvelle
de la Suisse Romande, Chailly sur Lausanne before he moved to the
Gymnase Classique Cantonal of Lausanne from where he received his Bachelier s
lettres diploma. He then chose to enter Lausanne University to study
science, but the sudden death of his elder brother, King Ananda Mahidol, in
Bangkok on the 9th of June, 1946, changed the course of his life completely,
for the Law of Succession bestowed on him the arduous but challenging function
of the Thai Crown. The Government on behalf of the people came to ask the
Princess Mother for her other son to be their King. As he had not finished his
education, His Majesty decided to go back to Switzerland for another period of
study, but this time in the subject of Political Science and Law in order to
equip himself with the proper knowledge for government.
Following the completion of his education in Switzerland in the early
1950s, His Majesty returned home to Thailand. In the years following, he began
what has become his way of life - traveling throughout the year to the
provinces and rural areas of the kingdom to visit his people, talk to them and,
perhaps even more important, listen to them. He learns first hand of their
needs and their problems and then sets about trying to find a way of giving
immediate help; later these problems are studied in depth to find a permanent
solution or way of assistance.
To His
Majesty the King of Thailand as well as to our Thai brothers and
sisters, Happy Birthday and Happy Father's Day.
Source: http://kanchanapisek.or.th/
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