How to Pronounce Somdet Kiaw
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Mar 03, 1928 Ko Samui, Surat Thani, Thailand Died on 10 Aug 2013 (aged 85)
Thai buddhist monk
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About Somdet Kiaw
- Bu??hacarya (Thai: ??????????????????; RTGS: Phutthachan), dharma name Upase?o (Thai: ???????; RTGS: Uppaseno), born as Kiaw Chokchai (Thai: ?????? ??????; RTGS: Kiao Chokchai), and commonly known as Somdet Kiaw (Thai: ????????????; "His Holiness Kiaw"), was a Thai prelate who was the abbot of Wat Saket and the Acting Supreme Patriarch of Thailand, the effective leader of all Buddhist monks in Thailand.
- He was appointed Acting Supreme Patriarch in 2005 due to the failing health of the incumbent Supreme Patriarch Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana.
- He was a monk of the Mahanikaya order, and is of Thai Chinese descent.
- His appointment provoked severe criticism from Luang Ta Maha Bua (of the Dhammayuttika Nikaya order) and Sondhi Limthongkul, who claimed that the appointment created two Supreme Patriarchs and contravened the royal prerogative of King Bhumibol Adulyadej.
- On 4 March 2005, Maha Bua even petitioned King Bhumibol Adulyadej to remove all of Kiaw's royal titles.
