The National Peace Keeping Council (NPKC) () was the name assumed by a Thai military junta that overthrew the elected civilian government of

Chatichai Choonhavan Chatichai Choonhavan (; , ; 5 April 1920 – 6 May 1998) was a Thai army officer, diplomat and politician. From 1986 to 1991, he was the chairman of the Thai Nation Party and served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from August 1988 until the 1 ...

in 1991. It was led by Army Commander

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, Supreme Commander

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, Air Force Commander

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, and members of the fifth class of

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. After the March 1992 general election, General Suchinda was appointed prime minister. He resigned following a public uprising and pressure from King

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Seizure of assets of the Chatichai cabinet

After seizing power from the Chatichai government, the junta seized the assets of Chatichai and nine members of his cabinet, including: * General Chatichai Choonhavan, Prime Minister (284 million

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, approximately US$11 million) * Subin Pinkhayan, Commerce Minister (608 million baht) * Pithak Intharavitthayanand, aide to the prime minister (335 million baht) * Montri Pongpanich, Transport Minister (336 million baht) * Pol Gen

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, Interior Minister (139 million baht) * Phinya Chuayplod, Deputy Commerce Minister (61 million baht) The junta set up a committee to investigate the cabinet for allegedly being "unusually rich". The supreme court later ruled on the cases and called for the return of the assets, because the politicians' wealth had been unlawfully seized by the military junta and the investigative committee had worked without the oversight of a judicial entity.''Bangkok Post''
CDRM urged not to repeat NPKC mistakes
25 September 2006

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Seizure of assets of the Chatichai cabinet

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