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{{short description|Queen of Thailand from 1950 to 2016}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox royalty | consort = yes | title = Queen Mother of Thailand | image = Queen Sirikit In Russia 2007.jpg | caption = Queen Sirikit in 2007 | name = {{ubl|Sirikit|{{langn|th|สิริกิติ์}}}} | succession = [[Queen consort of Thailand]] | reign = 28 April 1950 – {{nowrap|13 October 2016}} | coronation = 5 May 1950 | cor-type = [[Coronation of the Thai monarch#Installation of the queen|Coronation]] | birth_name = Sirikit Kitiyakara | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1932|8|12}} | birth_place = [[Bangkok]], [[Thailand|Siam]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (Rama IX)|28 April 1950|13 October 2016|end=[[Death and funeral of Bhumibol Adulyadej|died]]}} | issue = {{ubli|Princess [[Ubol Ratana]]|[[Vajiralongkorn]] (Rama X)|[[Sirindhorn]], Princess Royal|[[Chulabhorn]], Princess Srisavangavadhana}} | issue-link = #Issue | issue-pipe = Detail | house = {{ubl|[[:Category:Kitiyakara family|Kitiyakara]] (by birth)|[[House of Mahidol|Mahidol]] (by marriage)}} ([[Chakri dynasty]]) | father = [[Nakkhatra Mangala]] | mother = [[Bua Kitiyakara|Bua Snidvongs]] | religion = [[Theravada Buddhism]] | signature = Queen Sirikit Signature.svg }} {{Thai Royal Family}} '''Sirikit'''{{efn|{{langx|th|สิริกิติ์}}, {{IPA|th|sì.rì.kìt|pron}} {{Audio|Th-Queen Sirikit.ogg|listen}}.}}<ref>{{cite news |title=Rare royal photos of Queen Sirikit released for 90th birthday |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/royal/40018859 |access-date=6 August 2023 |work=nationthailand |date=13 August 2022 |language=en}}</ref> (born ''[[Mom Rajawongse]]'' '''Sirikit Kitiyakara'''{{efn|{{langx|th|สิริกิติ์ กิติยากร}}; {{RTGS|Sirikit Kitiyakon}}.}}; 12 August 1932) is a member of the [[Thai royal family]] who was [[List of Thai royal consorts#Rattanakosin Kingdom|Queen of Thailand]] from 28 April 1950 to 13 October 2016 as the wife of King [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]] (Rama IX). She is the mother of King [[Vajiralongkorn]] (Rama X). She met Bhumibol in [[Paris]], where her father was Thai ambassador. They married in 1950, shortly before Bhumibol's coronation. Sirikit was appointed [[Regent of Thailand|queen regent]] in 1956, when the king entered the Buddhist monkhood for a period of time. Sirikit has four children with the king. Consort of the monarch who was, at the time the [[Current reigning monarchs by length of reign|world's longest-reigning head of state]], she was also the world's longest-serving queen consort. Sirikit suffered a stroke in 2012 and has since refrained from public appearances.
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