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Sanan Kachornprasart
Sanan Kachornprasart (, , ; born 7 September 1935 – 15 February 2013) was a Thai politician and military officer ( Major General). He was deputy prime minister in the cabinet of Abhisit Vejjajiva, and was chief advisor of Chartthaipattana Party. Early life and military service Sanan Kachornprasart was born in Pho Thale, Phichit. He graduated from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy and United States Army Armor School, at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Afterwards he served as an officer in the tank force (in Thailand traditionally "cavalry") of the Royal Thai Army until he was dismissed for supporting the coup d'état of 26 March 1977, led by General Chalard Hiransiri against the Thanin Kraivichien government. Sanan, by that time a lieutenant colonel, was imprisoned in Lat Yao prison charged with treason, just like his academy and Fort Knox mate Manoonkrit Roopkachorn. He was released when General Kriangsak Chomanan took power in 1979. He was later rehabilitated and promoted to ma ...
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Thailand
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spans . Thailand Template:Borders of Thailand, is bordered to the northwest by Myanmar, to the northeast and east by Laos, to the southeast by Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the southwest by the Andaman Sea; it also shares maritime borders with Vietnam to the southeast and Indonesia and India to the southwest. Bangkok is the state capital and List of municipalities in Thailand#Largest cities by urban population, largest city. Tai peoples, Thai peoples migrated from southwestern China to mainland Southeast Asia from the 6th to 11th centuries. Greater India, Indianised kingdoms such as the Mon kingdoms, Mon, Khmer Empire, and Monarchies of Malaysia, Malay states ruled the region, competing with Thai states s ...
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Thap Khlo District
Thap Khlo (, ) is a district (''amphoe'') in the eastern part of Phichit province, central Thailand. Geography Neighboring districts are (from the south clockwise) Dong Charoen, Bang Mun Nak, Taphan Hin and Wang Sai Phun of Phichit Province, Noen Maprang of Phitsanulok province, Wang Pong and Chon Daen of Phetchabun province. In terms of geography, Thap Khlo is also the only district in Phichit that has mountain and community forest, which is part of the national park. Therefore, Thap Khlo is the only district where giant ''krajiao'' plants ('' Curcuma latifolia'') grow, especially in the community forests of the Khao Chet Luk sub-district. History On 1 May 1983 the minor district (''king amphoe'') Thap Khlo was established as a subordinate of Taphan Hin district, from which four ''tambon'' were split off. On 13 August 1987 it was upgraded to a full district. Economy Khao Chet Luk in the Thap Khlo district is the site of Thailand's largest gold mine, the Chatree Mining ...
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The Nation (Thailand)
''The Nation'' is an English-language daily online newspaper founded in 1971, published in Bangkok, Thailand. It is one of two English-language dailies in Bangkok, the other being the ''Bangkok Post''. On 28 June 2019, it published its final broadsheet edition, leaving only its online edition. ''The Nation'' is Thailand's only Thai-owned English-language newspaper, It is owned by the Nation Group and is a member of the Asia News Network. It was considered a newspaper of record in Thailand. History ''The Nation'' was founded by Suthichai Yoon on 1 July 1971 as ''The Voice of the Nation''. The name was eventually shortened to ''The Nation''. The paper changed considerably in 1991, when several Thai journalists from the ''Bangkok Post'' defected to ''The Nation''. In 2008, ''The Nation'' laid off substantial numbers of staff and under the new editorship of former business editor Thanong Khanthong recast itself as a business newspaper, moving international wire copy to a free t ...
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Abhisit Cabinet
The Abhisit Cabinet (Council of Ministers) or formally the 59th Council of Ministers (คณะรัฐมนตรี คณะที่ 59) was announced after the appointment of Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister of Thailand The prime minister of Thailand (, , ; literally 'chief minister of state') is the head of government of Thailand. The prime minister is also the chair of the cabinet of Thailand. The post has existed since the Siamese Revolution of 1932, when ... on the 17 December 2008. The Cabinet line-up itself was announced on the 20 December, to the news media. The Cabinet was formally sworn in by His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the 22 December at the Klai Kangwon Villa in Hua Hin. See also * Premiership of Abhisit Vejjajiva References {{Abhisit Vejjajiva Cabinets of Thailand ...
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Officer (armed Forces)
An officer is a person who holds a position of authority as a member of an Military, armed force or Uniformed services, uniformed service. Broadly speaking, "officer" means a commissioned officer, a non-commissioned officer (NCO), or a warrant officer. However, absent contextual qualification, the term typically refers only to a force's ''commissioned officers'', the more senior members who derive their authority from a Commission (document), commission from the head of state. Numbers The proportion of officers varies greatly. Commissioned officers typically make up between an eighth and a fifth of modern armed forces personnel. In 2013, officers were the senior 17% of the British armed forces, and the senior 13.7% of the French armed forces. In 2012, officers made up about 18% of the German armed forces, and about 17.2% of the United States armed forces. Historically armed forces have generally had much lower proportions of officers. During the First World War, fewer than ...
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Royal Thai Army
The Royal Thai Army or RTA (; ) is the army of Thailand and the oldest and largest branch of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. History Origin The Royal Thai Army is responsible for protecting the kingdom's sovereignty. The army was formed in 1874, partly as a response to new security threats following the 1855 Bowring Treaty with Britain, which opened the country for international trade. Current In modern era, the army has a long history of List of coups d'état and coup attempts by country#Thailand, coups d'état and coup attempts. Its leadership continues to see coup-making as one role of the army. On 22 May 2014 the army deposed the government, appointed military officers to the National Assembly of Thailand, national assembly, and on 21 August 2014 they elected the army's Commander in Chief, General Prayut Chan-o-cha, as prime minister. The general retired October 2014 to concentrate on political reform which he said would take at least a year, following which he promised na ...
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Thai Military Ranks
The military ranks of Thailand are the military insignia used by the Royal Thai Armed Forces. The officer ranks are influenced by the ranks of the United Kingdom and United States, while the non-commissioned ranks are influenced by those of the United Kingdom and France. Commissioned officer ranks The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Student officer ranks Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and Enlisted rank, enlisted personnel. There is a special rank (Army: Special Sergeant Major 1st Class (); navy: Fleet chief petty officer (); air force: Special flight sergeant 1st class ()) which is an honorary rank given to senior enlisted members who are deserving of recognition above and beyond that of the highest enlisted rank. There is no difference in the rank insignia worn, and they do not outrank the normal highest enlisted rank, although in a group situation they will normally be assigned control. They receive a higher salary. Royal Thai Po ...
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Democrat Party (Thailand)
The Democrat Party () is a conservative List of political parties in Thailand, Thai political party. The party is the oldest active political party in Thailand, it was founded in 1946 as a royalist party; it now upholds a Conservatism, liberal-conservative and Market economy, pro-market position. The Democrat Party made its best showings in parliament in 1948, 1976, and 1996. It has never won an outright parliamentary majority. The party's electoral support bases are southern Thailand and Bangkok, although the party's strength in Bangkok has declined rapidly since the 2019 Thai general election, 2019 general election. Since 2004 Bangkok gubernatorial election, 2004, Democrat candidates won three elections for the governorship of Bangkok. From 2005 to 2019, the Democrat Party was led by Abhisit Vejjajiva, former Prime Minister of Thailand, prime minister. Names The Thai name of the party, ''Prachathipat'' (ประชาธิปัตย์), is derived from the word ''prach ...
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Mahachon Party
The Mahachon Party (, , ) was a political party in Thailand. Background and formation It was founded in 1998 under the name of Phak Ratsadon (). In its first years, it was dominated by a circle of former Thai Nation Party members around Air Marshal Somboon Rahong. It changed its name to the current version in 2004, and was joined by several defectors from the Democrat Party in January 2005, making it the country's second largest party, measured by the number of members. The new executives included the Democrats' former Secretary General Sanan Kachornprasart, and ex-Vice chairman Anek Laothamatas. 2005 election In the legislative elections of 6 February 2005, the party won 8.3% of the popular vote and 2 out of 500 seats. During the by-election in 2005 in Phichit Province district 3, the Mahachon Party won a third seat. Siriwat Kachornprasart, son of the party's leader Sanan Kachornprasart became the third MP. Former Mahachon Party member Nitiphoom Naowarat later succ ...
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Thai Nation Party
Thai Nation Party, or Chart Thai Party (, ) was a Conservatism, conservative political party in Thailand. It was dissolved by the Constitutional Court of Thailand on December 2, 2008, along with the People's Power Party (Thailand), People's Power Party and the Neutral Democratic Party, for having violated electoral laws in the 2007 Thai general election. Thereafter, most MPs founded the Chartthaipattana Party (Thai Nation Development Party), which became the Thai Nation Party's successor. Foundation and first electoral successes The Thai Nation Party was founded in 1974 by Chatichai Choonhavan, son of Field Marshal Phin Choonhavan, and his in-laws Pramarn Adireksarn and Siri Siriyothin, who were at the time major-generals like him. The three belonged to the "Rajakru clan", a military, economic and political interest group established by Field Marshal Phin. The party represented the rightist and pro-military wing of Thai politics during the relatively liberal and democratic years fr ...
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Chartthaipattana Party
The Chartthaipattana Party (CTPP; ) is a conservative Thai political party. It was founded on 18 April 2008 in anticipation of the 2 December 2008 Constitutional Court ruling which dissolved the Thai Nation Party and banned its executive members from participating in politics for five years beginning on that date. Numerous former members of the Thai Nation Party joined the Chartthaipattana Party, therefore, the party is considered its ''de facto'' successor. The party has a strong base in Suphan Buri Province. The first party's leader was Chumpol Silpa-archa, the younger brother of former Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa, who has been banned from politics by the Constitutional Court. On 15 December 2008, the party joined the Democrat Party, forming a six-party coalition government under Abhisit Vejjajiva. In Abhisit's cabinet, the CP supplied the Deputy Prime Minister ( Sanan Kachornprasart), the ministers of Tourism and Sports ( Chumpol Silpa-archa), and Agriculture, and t ...
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