Thawi Bunyaket (also spelt Thawee Bunyaget; Thai: ทวี บุณยเกตุ, pronounced [tʰā.wīː būn.jā.kèːt]; 10 November 1904 – 3 November 1971) was a Thai politician and the prime minister of Thailand for a short time from 31 August 1945, following the resignation of Khuang Aphaiwong until his resignation, to his own resignation on 17 September 1945.

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Thawi Bunyaket
ทวี บุณยเกตุ
Thawi in 1940
5th Prime Minister of Thailand
In office 31 August 1945 – 17 September 1945
Monarch	Ananda Mahidol
Preceded by	Khuang Aphaiwong
Succeeded by	Seni Pramoj
President of the National Assembly of Thailand
In office 8 May 1968 – 20 June 1968
Preceded by	Phra Prachonpachanuk
Succeeded by	Colonel Vorkarnbancha
Minister of Education
In office 1 August 1944 – 31 August 1945
Prime Minister	Khuang Aphaiwong
Preceded by	Sindhu Kamolnavin
Succeeded by	Tri Trironnasarn
Personal details
Born	(1904-11-10)10 November 1904 Trang, Phuket, Siam (now Kantang, Trang, Thailand)
Died	3 November 1971(1971-11-03) (aged 66) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Khana Ratsadon
Other political affiliations	Free Thai Movement
Spouse	Amphasri Bunyaket
Alma mater	King's College University of Cambridge École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon

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After studying at the King's College, University of Cambridge and the École nationale supérieure d'Agronomie de Grignon (France), he started to work as a government official at the Ministry of Agriculture.^[1]

On 24 June 1932 he joined the coup group of the 1932 coup, the People's Party. He became secretary general in the cabinet of Field Marshal Phibunsongkhram, and Minister of Education in the cabinet of Khuang Aphaiwong. When Khuang resigned directly after the end of World War II, he was elected as prime minister on 31 August 1945 and formed the 12th Thai administration. However he was only chosen because the preferred candidate Seni Pramoj, chief of the Free Thai Movement, wasn't available. Seventeen days after his election, on 17 September, he resigned to free the post for Seni Pramoj.

Later he became President of the Constitutional Drafting Committee in the government of Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat.