Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX), King of Thailand (born 1927)

Bhumibol Adulyadej

King of Thailand from 1946 to 2016

Bhumibol Adulyadej, titled Rama IX, was King of Thailand from 1946 until his death in 2016. His reign of 70 years and 126 days is the longest of any Thai monarch, the longest on record of any independent Asian sovereign, and the third-longest of any sovereign state.