Praman Chansue

Praman Chansue (; 1 June 1936 – 7 February 2007)

During his tenure as the Supreme Court president in 1993, he survived an assassination allegedly plotted by Chulalongkorn University professor Rangsan Torsuwan.

Birth

Praman was born on 1 June 1936 in Maha Phruettharam subdistrict, Bang Rak district, Phra Nakhon province, Siam (present-day Bangkok, Thailand).

His father was a Chinese man named Yu Chansue (; died 1957). Praman held the position until his retirement on 30 September 1996. During his presidency at the Supreme Court, Praman founded Praman Chansue Foundation to finance the training of court administrative officers and founded Tulakarn Chalermprakiat Hospital for provision of medical care to children at observation homes. The Judicial Training Institute of Thailand was also founded at his initiative. Following investigation, the police arrested the alleged hirers by luring them to Praman's house on 25 May 1993.

The trial took 15 years to be finished, during which the accused had to appear in court before 91 different judges on a total of 461 occasions. On 29 September 2008, the Bangkok South Criminal Court found Rangsan guilty and sentenced him to imprisonment for 25 years.

The long-lasting case against Rangsan is believed to be the reason the renowned skyscraper Sathorn Unique Tower, Rangsan's development, has remained unfinished to date.

Death

Before the court of first instance trial was concluded, Praman himself died of pneumonitis on 7 February 2007 at Ramathibodi Hospital. Praman had also battled with a heart disease since 1985.