Prawit Wongsuwan
Appearance
Prawit Wongsuwan | |
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ประวิตร วงษ์สุวรรณ | |
Prawit at the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting, Singapore in 2018 | |
Acting Prime Minister of Thailand | |
In office 24 August 2022 – 30 August 2022 | |
Monarch | Maha Vajiralongkorn |
Preceded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha[a] |
Succeeded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
In office 30 August 2014 – 22 August 2023 | |
Prime Minister | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
Minister of Defence | |
In office 30 August 2014 – 10 July 2019 | |
Prime Minister | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
Preceded by | Yingluck Shinawatra |
Succeeded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
In office 20 December 2008 – 9 August 2011 | |
Prime Minister | Abhisit Vejjajiva |
Preceded by | Somchai Wongsawat |
Succeeded by | Yuthasak Sasiprapha |
Leader of the Palang Pracharath Party | |
Assumed office 27 June 2020 | |
Preceded by | Uttama Savanayana |
President of National Olympic Committee of Thailand | |
Assumed office 5 April 2017 | |
Preceded by | Yuthasak Sasiprapha |
Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army | |
In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2005 | |
Preceded by | Chaiyasit Shinawatra |
Succeeded by | Sonthi Boonyaratglin |
Personal details | |
Born | Bangkok, Thailand | 11 August 1945
Political party | Palang Pracharath Party |
Alma mater | |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Thailand |
Branch/service | Royal Thai Army |
Years of service | 1969–2005 |
Rank | General |
Battles/wars |
Prawit Wongsuwan (Thai: ประวิตร วงษ์สุวรรณ, pronounced [prà.wít wōŋ.sù.wān]; born 11 August 1945) is a Thai politician. He was Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 and from 2014 to 2019. He is the deputy chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).
After the Constitutional Court of Thailand suspended Prime Minister General Prayut Chan-o-cha from being prime minister on 24 August 2022, Prawit became acting prime minister until the court makes a ruling on the issue.[1]
Notes
[change | change source]- ↑ Prayut Chan-o-cha suspended by constitutional court due to exceeded Thailand's term limits.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Thai court suspends PM Prayuth; Prawit made acting PM". Nikkei Asia. Retrieved 2022-08-24.