Thanin Kraivixien, unelected prime minister from 1976 to 1977, and rewarded with a position on the Privy Council by a grateful king, finally died, aged 97. His task was to turn back the political clock and established a 12 year plan to do this. He banned all kinds of things, burned books, and oversaw a political crackdown that led to thousands fleeing to jungles and overseas. He was appointed premier by members of the October, 1976, military coup but only lasted about a year in office. He was the first prime minister in modern Thailand with a foreign wife, Khunying Karen [PPT: also reported to have been an astrologer]; they had five luke krueng kiddies.