Surayud Chulanont
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Key facts
- Monarch
- Vajiralongkorn
- Preceded by
- Prem Tinsulanonda
- Deputy
- Pridiyathorn Devakula Kosit Panpiemras Phaiboon Watthanasiritham Sonthi Boonyaratglin
- Succeeded by
- Samak Sundaravej
- Prime minister
- Himself
- Born
- ( 1943-08-28 ) 28 August 1943 (age 82) , Chakrapong Camp, Mueang Prachinburi , Prachinburi , Thailand
- Height
- 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
- Spouse s
- Duangphon Rattanakri (div.) , Chitravadee Chulanont
- Parent
- Phayom Chulanont (father)
- Alma mater
- Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy , National Defence College of Thailand
- Profession
- Soldier
- Allegiance
- Thailand
- Branch service
- Royal Thai Army
- Years of service
- 1965–2003
- Rank
- General Admiral Air Chief Marshal
- Commands
- Supreme Commander Commander-in-Chief: Army Commanding General of the Army Special Warfare
- Battles wars
- Cold War Communist insurgency in Thailand Black May 1999 East Timorese crisis International Force East Timor Operation Pochentong 1 War on Drugs
- Awards
- Rama Medal Freemen Safeguarding Medal (First Class) Border Service Medal Chakra Mala Medal Darjah Kepahlawanan Angkatan Tentera Darjah Utama Bakti Cemerlang (Tentera) Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera) Legion of Merit Commander Bintang Kartika Eka Paksi Utama Tongil Medal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Thailand
- Place of birth
- Prachin Buri
- Father
- Phayom Chulanont
- Occupation
- military officer
- Religion
- Buddhism
- Military rank
- general
- Image
- General Surayud Chulanont.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1943-08-28
- name in native language
- สุรยุทธ์ จุลานนท์
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Encyclopedic overview
Surayud Chulanont (Thai: สุรยุทธ์ จุลานนท์, RTGS: Surayut Chulanon, IPA: [sù.rá.jút t͡ɕù.laː.non]; born 28 August 1943) is a Thai former politician and military officer who was the 24th prime minister of Thailand and head of Thailand's interim government between 2006 and 2008. He is a former supreme commander of the Royal Thai Army and is currently Privy Councilor to King Vajiralongkorn.
Surayud came from a military family, but his father defected from the Royal Thai Army to the Communist Party of Thailand when Surayud was a boy. Surayud joined the Thai Army and rose to power as an aide to General Prem Tinsulanonda. He commanded troops during Bloody May, the violent 1992 crackdown on anti-government protesters, but he denied giving his men the order to shoot protesters. He was promoted to army commander during the government of Chuan Leekpai and was promoted to supreme commander in 2003, under the government of Thaksin Shinawatra. Upon his retirement from the army, he was appointed by King Bhumibol Adulyadej to the Privy Council of Thailand. Surayud and Privy Council President Prem Tinsulanonda played a key role in the promotion of General Sonthi Boonratklin to the position of army commander.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Surayud Chulanont” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.