Lekha Aphaiwong

Khunying Lekha Aphaiwong (; , 10 December 1913 – 1983) was a Thai politician. In 1949 she was one of the first two women appointed to the Senate, and also later served in the House of Representatives. Her husband Khuang Aphaiwong served three terms as prime minister during the 1940s.

Biography Aphaiwong was born Jane Lek Kunadilok in 1913, one of twelve children of William Alfred Goone-Tilleke, a Ceylonese-Siamese lawyer. During this time she changed her name from Lek to Lekha. Parliament was dissolved by the Silent Coup in 1951. In August 1971 she was elected to the House of Representatives from Bangkok, winning a by-election as a Democrat Party candidate. Parliament was dissolved in November of the same year as a result of the 1971 Thai coup d'état. She later became leader of the People's Sovereignty Party faction within the Democrat Party.

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