Bangkok's oldest and wealthiest assimilated Chinese families. The Sarasins had always cultivated good relations with the bureaucratic elite of the 19th century, and by the early 1950s held substantial interests in real estate and rice trading. His father, Thian Hee (Chinese: 黄天喜, whose official title was Phraya Sarasinsawamiphakh), was the son of a traditional Chinese doctor and pharmacist who had immigrated from Hainan to Siam in the early 19th century. Pote's sons are Pong, deputy minister of Thailand and a leading businessman and, Police General Pao, who once served as the Chief of the Royal Thai Police, and Arsa, who, like his father, was also one of the former foreign ministers of Thailand and was serving as the late King Bhumibol's Principal Private Secretary. All three sons–Pong, Arsa and Pao Sarasin had all served as the Deputy Prime Ministers of Thailand. References 1905 births Hainanese people 2000 deaths Leaders who took power by coup Pote Sarasin Pote Sarasin Pote Sarasin Members of the Middle Temple Wilbraham & Monson Academy alumni Pote Sarasin Secretaries General of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization Pote Sarasin Pote Sarasin Pote Sarasin Pote Sarasin Pote Sarasin