 In 1957 Army Commander Sarit Dhanarajata executed a coup and installed Pote Sarasin as prime minister . ML Pin subsequently received " an offer he could not refuse " to join his cabinet as Minister of Education and of Culture . ML Pin was also included in the following cabinets of Thanom Kittikachorn and Sarit himself , with Sarit holding power as Thailand 's strongman leader until his death , after which he was succeeded by Thanom . Sarit pushed for a revival of the monarchy 's importance , which was aided by ML Pin 's royalist ideals , and school textbooks were revised to feature the monarchy prominently . ML Pin served as Minister of Education until 1969 , when general elections were held and the prime minister reshuffled the cabinet , replacing the six most senior members . ( The post of Minister of Culture was terminated in 1958 . ) 
