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The Cultural Mandates or State Decrees ((タイ語:รัฐนิยม); ; literally 'State fashion' or 'State customs') were a series of 12 edicts issued between 1939 and 1942 by the government of Field Marshal Plaek Pibulsonggram during his first period as Prime Minister and military dictator of Thailand. The mandates aimed to create a uniform and "civilized" Thai culture at the time when the country was on the side of the Axis powers. Many of the practices initiated in the mandates were a result of Thailand entering World War II and remain in effect today. ==Mandate 1== The first mandate, ''On the name of the country, people and nationality'', issued 24 June 1939, cited 'public preference' for changing the name of the country. It consisted of two items: # "In Thai: The country, people and nationality are to be called 'Thai'." # "In English: ## "The country is to be called 'Thailand'; ## "The people and nationality are to be called 'Thai'."〔(The Royal Gazette, Vol. 56, Page 810. ) June 24, B.E. 2482 (C.E. 1939). Retrieved on June 4, 2010.〕 One result of this mandate was that organizations with 'Siam' in the name were forced to change their names. Well-known examples include the Siam Society, which became the Thailand Research Society, Siam Commercial Bank, renamed to Thai Commercial Bank, and Siam Cement, which became Thai Cement. After Pibulsonggram was deposed the first time in 1944, Siam Society reverted both its Thai and English names, while the latter two reverted only the English version of their names. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thai cultural mandates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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