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This was built to commemorate the Lord Governor, a warrior hero who founded and govern this city and was the first to construct the city as well. It is situated at the south entrance to Surin which used to be the inner wall of the city. The monument is a blackened brass statue 2.2 meters in height, a pair of elephant tusks adorns the front relating to his background as an elephant expert. The right hand of the statue holds an elephant hook meaning that he is a brave and expert war elephant handler and to signify that Surin is an ancient elephant city. The statue also wears double swords on his back showing that he is a valiant warrior which is a virtue passed down to the people of Surin.

Phraya Surin Pakdee Srinarong Jangwang (Pum) was the first Lord Governer of Prathaisamant (Surin City). He laid down the foundations of Surin in the Ayuthaya era with a local tribe called Suay or Guay or Gui who are experts in corralling wild elephants to domesticate them, living there. There were six groups living in that area. Then in 1759 a white elephant (Albino) escaped from the capital to the forest and King Boromarachathirat the third of Krung Sri Ayuthaya ordered a search party. Chiang Pum who was then the chief of the Suay folk and living in the area offered to help the search and later was endowed with the title of Luang Surin Pakdee to govern the village and reporting directly to Pimai City.

In 1763 Luang Surin Pakdee (Chiang Pum) moved from his village to settle in Kooprathai or Prathaisamant village and was later promoted to Phra Surin Pakdee Srinarong Jangwang and Kooprathai village was elevated to Prathaisamant town. In 1781 unrest occurred in Cambodia and Prathaisamant town joined the royal army to subdue the unrest leading to a large number of ethnic Cambodians settling in Prathaisamant. Later in 1786 King Buddhayodfahchulaloke (Rama I of Bangkok) graciously changed the name of the town to Surin city after the title of the Lord Governor.

Phraya Surin Pakdee (Ching Pum) passed away in 1794.