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Sutham Sangprathum

Thai politician

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 8, 2026
Entity authorityQ6640352 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sutham Sangprathum (Thai: สุธรรม แสงประทุม, RTGS: Sutham Saengprathum; born October 26, 1953) is a Thai politician of the Thai Rak Thai Party. He was deputy minister of the Ministry of Interior from 2004 to 2005.

He received a BA in Law at Chulalongkorn University and an MBA at Kasetsart University. Before becoming Deputy Interior Minister, he was the Minister of University Affairs of Thailand and Vice President of the National Assembly of Thailand.

Editorial summary

“Sutham Sangprathum” enters the record as thai politician. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Sutham, Sangprathum and Thai can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1953, 2004, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953-10-26. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Sutham, Sangprathum and Thai.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Sutham Sangprathum” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Sutham, Sangprathum and Thai provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 8, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q6640352. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1953, 2004 and 2005.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Read biographical claims against dates, named institutions and the cited references. Distinguish a subject’s later reputation from evidence produced during their lifetime.

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  • Establishing names and roles
  • Building a first chronology
  • Locating cited institutions
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Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Sutham Sangprathum”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Sutham Sangprathum primary sources, Sutham Sangprathum archive and Sutham research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

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This entry incorporates text from “Sutham Sangprathum” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.