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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Thai military leader (born 1946)</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive 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title="Order of the Crown of Thailand">MWM</a></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size:125%; font-weight:bold;"><div class="nickname" lang="th"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">สนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน</span></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Sonthi_Boonyaratglin_(cropped).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Sonthi_Boonyaratglin_%28cropped%29.png/220px-Sonthi_Boonyaratglin_%28cropped%29.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="291" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cc/Sonthi_Boonyaratglin_%28cropped%29.png/330px-Sonthi_Boonyaratglin_%28cropped%29.png 1.5x, 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title="Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand">Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 2007 – 28 January 2008</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Surayud Chulanont</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Council_for_National_Security" title="Council for National Security">President of the Council for National Security</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 2006 – 1 October 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Monarch</th><td class="infobox-data">Bhumibol Adulyadej</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Deputy</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chalit_Pukbhasuk" title="Chalit Pukbhasuk">Chalit Pukbhasuk</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Sathiraphan_Keyanon" title="Sathiraphan Keyanon">Sathiraphan Keyanon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Kowit_Wattana" title="Kowit Wattana">Kowit Wattana</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><i>Position established</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chalit_Pukbhasuk" title="Chalit Pukbhasuk">Chalit Pukbhasuk</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Acting)</span></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Thai_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army">Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />1 October 2005 – 30 September 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Prawit_Wongsuwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Prawit Wongsuwan">Prawit Wongsuwan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" 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class="infobox-label">Other political<br />affiliations</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Matubhum_Party" title="Matubhum Party">Matubhum</a> (2009–2018)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouses</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li>Sukanya Boonyaratglin</li><li>Piyada Boonyaratglin</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Domestic partner</th><td class="infobox-data">Wanna Boonyaratglin</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">6</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link 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href="/wiki/%22V%22_device" title=""V" device">"V" device</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gallantry_Cross_(South_Vietnam)" title="Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam)">Gallantry Cross</a>, with palm</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sonthi Boonyaratglin</b> (<a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">สนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_General_System_of_Transcription" title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription">RTGS</a>: </small><span title="Royal Thai General System of Transcription"><i lang="th-Latn"><i>Sonthi Bunyaratkalin</i></i></span>, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1177148991">.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}</style><span class="IPA-label IPA-label-small">IPA:</span> <span class="IPA nowrap" lang="th-Latn-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/Thai" title="Help:IPA/Thai">[sǒn.tʰíʔ<span class="wrap"> </span>bun.já.rát.kà.lin]</a></span>; born 2 October 1946) is a Thai former Commander-in-Chief of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army" title="Royal Thai Army">Royal Thai Army</a> and former head of the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_National_Security" title="Council for National Security">Council for Democratic Reform</a>, the military junta that ruled the kingdom.<sup id="cite_ref-quits_position_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quits_position-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the first <a href="/wiki/Islam_in_Thailand" title="Islam in Thailand">Muslim</a> in charge of the army of the mostly <a href="/wiki/Buddhism_in_Thailand" title="Buddhism in Thailand">Buddhist</a> country.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 September 2006, he became the <a href="/wiki/De_facto" title="De facto">de facto</a> head of government of <a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> after overthrowing the elected government in a <a href="/wiki/2006_Thailand_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" class="mw-redirect" title="2006 Thailand coup d'état">coup d'état</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-COUP_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-COUP-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After retiring from the Army in 2007, he became deputy prime minister, in charge of national security. </p><p>Sonthi is a multimillionaire and has two wives, Sukanya and Piyada, despite legal prohibitions against <a href="/wiki/Bigamy" title="Bigamy">bigamy</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-wife1_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wife1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wife2_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wife2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education_and_early_career">Education and early career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education and early career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sonthi Boonyaratglin graduated from the 6th Class of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Academies_Preparatory_School,_Thailand" class="mw-redirect" title="Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Thailand">Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School</a>. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Chulachomklao_Royal_Military_Academy" title="Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy">Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy</a> in 1969 as part of Class 17 and was commissioned into the Royal Army Infantry Corps. He went on to lead several top units, including the elite <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army_Special_Warfare_Command" title="Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command">Special Warfare Command</a> based in <a href="/wiki/Lopburi_province" title="Lopburi province">Lopburi province</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2004, Sonthi was appointed Deputy Army Commander.<sup id="cite_ref-OFFICIAL_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OFFICIAL-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Against public expectations, Sonthi was promoted to Army Commander in October 2005. Sonthi's fast rise was backed by retired armed forces Supreme Commander General <a href="/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont" title="Surayud Chulanont">Surayud Chulanont</a> (with whom he had served while leading the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army_Special_Warfare_Command" title="Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command">Special Warfare Command</a> and <a href="/wiki/Privy_Council_of_Thailand" title="Privy Council of Thailand">Privy Council</a> President General <a href="/wiki/Prem_Tinsulanonda" title="Prem Tinsulanonda">Prem Tinsulanonda</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both serve as advisers to King <a href="/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej" title="Bhumibol Adulyadej">Bhumibol Adulyadej</a>. He later received a <a href="/wiki/Doctor%27s_degree" class="mw-redirect" title="Doctor's degree">doctor's degree</a> in <a href="/wiki/Political_science" title="Political science">political science</a> from the open-admission <a href="/wiki/Ramkhamhaeng_University" title="Ramkhamhaeng University">Ramkhamhaeng University</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bangkokbiznews.com_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bangkokbiznews.com-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Conflicts_with_Thaksin_Shinawatra">Conflicts with Thaksin Shinawatra</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Conflicts with Thaksin Shinawatra"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As Army Commander, General Sonthi repeatedly assured the public that the army would not interfere in the <a href="/wiki/2005%E2%80%932006_Thai_political_crisis" title="2005–2006 Thai political crisis">political crisis</a>, although he has said that "His Majesty must have been saddened" by the nation's political problems.<sup id="cite_ref-AUDIENCE_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AUDIENCE-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-STAY_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-STAY-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has also protested Thaksin's unsuccessful attempt to promote a large number of his own former classmates from Class 10 of the <a href="/wiki/Armed_Forces_Academies_Preparatory_School" title="Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School">Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School</a> to army units responsible for Bangkok's security.<sup id="cite_ref-ELECTIONS_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ELECTIONS-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2006 annual military reshuffle was delayed due to the political crisis, as caretaker prime minister <a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a> denied that he planned to remove Sonthi as Army Commander.<sup id="cite_ref-DELAYED_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DELAYED-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-REMOVE_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-REMOVE-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Despite this, Sonthi consolidating his personal power base by transferring out 129 mid-ranking officers under generals that he thought were loyal to the Prime Minister. Some observers saw this as a message to the Government that Sonthi was still firmly in charge of the Army.<sup id="cite_ref-OBSERVERS_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OBSERVERS-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As late as May 2006, Sonthi publicly denied the need for a military coup: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>Whenever soldiers get involved in politics, it seems that the nation's problems begin to escalate and become worse. Military officers, accordingly, must step back from politics. With that firm and clear stance, I assure everyone that there definitely won't be a coup.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Southern_Thailand_insurgency">Southern Thailand insurgency</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Southern Thailand insurgency"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency" title="South Thailand insurgency">South Thailand insurgency</a></div> <p>After being appointed Army Commander in 2005, Sonthi expressed confidence that he could resolve the insurgency. He claimed that he would take a "new and effective" approach to a crisis and that "The army is informed [of who the insurgents are] and will carry out their duties."<sup id="cite_ref-INFORM_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-INFORM-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sonthi was granted an extraordinary increase in executive powers to combat <a href="/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency" title="South Thailand insurgency">unrest in the far South</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-POWERS_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POWERS-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, up to 19 September 2006, the Army admitted that they had no idea who the insurgents were.<sup id="cite_ref-NoIdea19Sep_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NoIdea19Sep-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The drastic escalation of the insurgency during his leadership of the Army led to much public criticism of Army efforts. </p><p>While assigned to the South, Sonthi suggested that former communist insurgents might be playing a role in the unrest. Leaders of the southern provinces displayed skepticism over his suggestion and investigations did not reveal any communist link.<sup id="cite_ref-NOCOMMUNISTS_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NOCOMMUNISTS-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi was also blamed for failing to rescue two teachers who had been kidnapped and severely beaten by a mob in May 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-BEATEN_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BEATEN-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of them, 24-year-old <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juling_Pangamoon&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juling Pangamoon (page does not exist)">Juling Pangamoon</a> from <a href="/wiki/Chiang_Rai" title="Chiang Rai">Chiang Rai</a>, was long in a coma and attracted fame for the attention paid to her by the royal family of Thailand, finally dying from her brutal beating in January 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In August 2006, after 22 commercial banks were simultaneously bombed in <a href="/wiki/Yala_province" title="Yala province">Yala province</a>, Sonthi announced that he would break with government policy and negotiate with the leaders of the insurgency. However, he noted that "We still don't know who is the real head of the militants we are fighting with."<sup id="cite_ref-NEGOTIATE_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NEGOTIATE-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a press conference the next day, he attacked the government for criticizing him for trying to negotiate with the anonymous insurgents, and demanded that the government "Free the military and let it do the job."<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afterwards, insurgents <a href="/wiki/2006_Hat_Yai_bombings" title="2006 Hat Yai bombings">bombed 6 department stores</a> in <a href="/wiki/Hat_Yai" title="Hat Yai">Hat Yai</a> city, which up until then had been free of insurgent activities. As always, the identity of the insurgents was not revealed. On 8 September, Deputy Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Chitchai_Wannasathit" title="Chitchai Wannasathit">Chitchai Wannasathit</a> promised to give Sonthi increased powers to better deal with the insurgency.<sup id="cite_ref-POWERS_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-POWERS-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, by 19 September 2006, the Army admitted that it still was unsure whom to negotiate with.<sup id="cite_ref-NoIdea19Sep_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NoIdea19Sep-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Three days later, Sonthi led a coup against the government of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a>. Sonthi's former superiors, Deputy Prime Minister for national security <a href="/wiki/Chitchai_Wannasathit" title="Chitchai Wannasathit">Chitchai Wannasathit</a> and Defense Minister <a href="/wiki/Thammarak_Isarangkura_na_Ayudhaya" title="Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya">Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya</a> were immediately arrested. </p><p>Despite escalating violence, in May 2007 Sonthi started withdrawing troops from the South, replacing them with territorial defence volunteers. He did not say why the regular army was to be reduced in the South.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_coup">Military coup</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military coup"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2006_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2006 Thai coup d'état">2006 Thai coup d'état</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:BKK24090618.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BKK24090618.jpg/220px-BKK24090618.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="108" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BKK24090618.jpg/330px-BKK24090618.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BKK24090618.jpg/440px-BKK24090618.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1508" data-file-height="738" /></a><figcaption>General Sonthi lead the coup d'état by bringing tanks to deploy at the First Army Area in 2006</figcaption></figure> <p>During the peak of the <a href="/wiki/Thailand_political_crisis,_2005-2006" class="mw-redirect" title="Thailand political crisis, 2005-2006">Thailand political crisis</a> in February 2006, <a href="/wiki/Sondhi_Limthongkul" title="Sondhi Limthongkul">Sondhi Limthongkul</a>, leader of the anti-Thaksin <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_for_Democracy" title="People's Alliance for Democracy">People's Alliance for Democracy</a> (PAD), personally met Sonthi to request that the military intervene in the crisis. Afterwards, Sondhi claimed that Sonthi listened to him attentively and promised to consider his request. Sonthi later claimed that he was misled into receiving Sondhi, and had no intention to endorse the anti-government activists.<sup id="cite_ref-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 19 September 2006, Sonthi and other military leaders launched a <a href="/wiki/2006_Thai_coup_d%27%C3%A9tat" title="2006 Thai coup d'état">military coup</a> against the government of <a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a>. The coup-makers originally called themselves the <a href="/wiki/CDRM" class="mw-redirect" title="CDRM">Council for Democratic Reform</a>. Tanks surrounded Government House in <a href="/wiki/Bangkok" title="Bangkok">Bangkok</a> and the military took over all broadcast media. Thaksin declared a state of emergency from <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a> (where he had been attending a meeting of the <a href="/wiki/United_Nations" title="United Nations">United Nations</a>), but his broadcast was cut in mid-sentence when the military seized the television station. </p><p>Sonthi dissolved Cabinet, Parliament, and the Constitutional Court, and temporarily gave himself powers equivalent to prime minister. He declared that the council would hand over power in two weeks.<sup id="cite_ref-HANDOVER_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HANDOVER-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the second day of the coup, he received a formal mandate from King <a href="/wiki/Bhumibol_Adulyadej" title="Bhumibol Adulyadej">Bhumibol Adulyadej</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CAR_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CAR-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>General Sonthi later said in an interview that the coup was originally planned for 20 September, to coincide with a major anti-Thaksin rally also planned for that day. He cited the "<a href="/wiki/5_October_1910_revolution" title="5 October 1910 revolution">Portuguese example</a>" in which anti-government rallies coincided with a successful military rebellion which overthrew King <a href="/wiki/Manuel_II_of_Portugal" title="Manuel II of Portugal">Manuel II of Portugal</a> and established the <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_First_Republic" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese First Republic">Portuguese First Republic</a>. The coup was moved up to 19 September, when Thaksin was still in New York. Sonthi also stated that the coup was not an urgent measure mooted just a couple of days earlier. Sonthi also claimed that during a lunch that Thaksin had with the commanders of the armed forces, Thaksin had asked him "Will you stage a coup?" Sonthi replied: "I will."<sup id="cite_ref-nationmultimedia.com_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationmultimedia.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This contradicted earlier public statements where he denied that the military would stage a coup.<sup id="cite_ref-iht.com_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also revealed that as early as his 11 September visit to <a href="/wiki/Myanmar" title="Myanmar">Myanmar</a>, he had been wary of his personal safety. During flight, he carried a concealed pistol and sat next to the entrance to the cockpit.<sup id="cite_ref-nationmultimedia.com_31-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nationmultimedia.com-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi and other junta leaders flew to Chiang Mai on an Air Force <a href="/wiki/C-130" class="mw-redirect" title="C-130">C-130</a> on 3 November 2006 to visit a prominent <a href="/wiki/Fortune-teller" class="mw-redirect" title="Fortune-teller">fortune-teller</a> and perform a religious ceremony to ward off bad luck over their staging of the coup. The fortune teller, Varin Buaviratlert, had been Sonthi's long-time personal fortune-teller, and had foretold Sonthi's rise to become Army Commander.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Amid falling popularity, Sonthi sent his wife and several CNS leaders to visit her on 1 April 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi completely purged the military of all senior officers perceived as loyal to the Thaksin government, replacing them with officers that he personally trusted.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Permanent_constitution">Permanent constitution</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Permanent constitution"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In December 2006, junta chief Sonthi Boonyaratglin issued several guidelines for the <a href="/wiki/2007_Constitution_of_Thailand" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Constitution of Thailand">permanent constitution</a> being drafted by the CNS's drafting body. These included: </p> <ul><li>Restricting a prime minister to serving a maximum of two terms of office</li> <li>Preventing a government from acting as a caretaker administration after dissolving Parliament.</li> <li>Making it easier to launch a no-confidence debate against the Prime Minister. Whereas the 1997 Constitution required 200 out of the House's 500 MPs to launch a no-confidence debate against the Prime Minister, Sonthi demanded that 100 MPs be sufficient.</li></ul> <p>He also made several suggestions, including: </p> <ul><li>Transforming the Senate, from an all-elected body to one with 50% appointed members, to prevent relatives of politicians from being elected and thus perverting the non-partisan intent of the 1997 Constitution.</li> <li>Allowing politicians to switch political parties at any time. The 1997 Constitution required that any candidate for the House belong to a political party for 90 days before the registration date for an election.</li> <li>Banning the merger of political parties.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Sonthi later denied dictating the content for the new constitution, but stated "We can't force them to do things but responsible people will know what the constitution should look like."<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>He also suggested that the term in office of village heads and <a href="/wiki/Kamnan" title="Kamnan">kamnan</a> be increased from 5 years to 10 years, while the role of elected <a href="/wiki/Tambon" title="Tambon">tambon</a> administrative organisations be reduced.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Relations_with_Singapore">Relations with Singapore</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Relations with Singapore"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, <a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a> sold his shares in telecom firm <a href="/wiki/Shin_Corp" class="mw-redirect" title="Shin Corp">Shin Corp</a> to <a href="/wiki/Temasek_Holdings" class="mw-redirect" title="Temasek Holdings">Temasek Holdings</a>. The sale also transferred control of <a href="/wiki/Shin_Corp" class="mw-redirect" title="Shin Corp">Shin Corp</a>'s five satellites (including <a href="/wiki/IPSTAR" class="mw-redirect" title="IPSTAR">IPSTAR</a>, the world's largest commercial satellite) and mobile phone operator to the Singaporean company. After the coup, Sonthi claimed that Singapore was eavesdropping on confidential mobile telephone calls made by junta leaders. <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Info_Service" title="Advanced Info Service">AIS</a> and <a href="/wiki/Shin_Satellite" class="mw-redirect" title="Shin Satellite">Shin Satellite</a>, Shin Corp's mobile operator and satellite operator, denied the claim. In February 2007, Sonthi vowed in front of a thousand volunteer territorial defence students to reclaim the satellites and other telecom assets. "Soldiers will not tolerate a loss of territory, not even a square inch," he said, and continued about how it was his specific duty to "retrieve our assets". Sonthi stopped short of threatening to nationalise the telecommunications conglomerate. An opinion poll found more than 78 percent of 1,116 Thais surveyed backed Sonthi's bid to somehow reclaim the satellites.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi's deputy in the CNS, General <a href="/wiki/Saprang_Kalayanamitr" title="Saprang Kalayanamitr">Saprang Kalayanamitr</a>, noted in a February interview that, "if the telecommunication business is in private hands, it won't be safe for the country."<sup id="cite_ref-Straits_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Straits-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Human_rights">Human rights</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Human rights"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Human_Rights_Watch" title="Human Rights Watch">Human Rights Watch</a> accused the Thai Army, under Sonthi's command, of "<a href="/wiki/Forced_disappearance" class="mw-redirect" title="Forced disappearance">disappearing</a>" ethnic Malay Muslims in the far south in a deliberate attempt to defeat the <a href="/wiki/South_Thailand_insurgency" title="South Thailand insurgency">South Thailand insurgency</a>. "These 'disappearances' appear to be a matter of policy, not simply the work of rogue elements in the security services," said the agency in a report.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Other_controversies">Other controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Other controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sonthi approved a 12 million baht top-secret budget for a public relations campaign to discredit Thaksin Shinawatra. The request for the money was submitted on 24 January 2007. Chianchuang Kalayanamitr, younger brother of CNS Deputy Secretary-General <a href="/wiki/Saprang_Kalayanamitr" title="Saprang Kalayanamitr">Saprang Kalayanamitr</a>, was hired as head of the publicity team.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Politicians hired as part of the CNS campaign included Chat Pattana party leader <a href="/wiki/Korn_Dabbaransi" title="Korn Dabbaransi">Korn Dabbaransi</a>, Democrats <a href="/wiki/Korn_Chatikavanij" title="Korn Chatikavanij">Korn Chatikavanij</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Korbsak_Sabavasu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Korbsak Sabavasu (page does not exist)">Korbsak Sabavasu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Prapat_Panya-chatraksa" class="mw-redirect" title="Prapat Panya-chatraksa">Prapat Panya-chatraksa</a>, a key Thai Rak Thai member who defected to the Chat Thai party, plus ex-senator <a href="/wiki/Kraisak_Choonhavan" title="Kraisak Choonhavan">Kraisak Choonhavan</a>. Academics hired by the CNS included <a href="/w/index.php?title=Wuttipong_Piebjriya-wat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Wuttipong Piebjriya-wat (page does not exist)">Wuttipong Piebjriya-wat</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sophon_Supapong" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophon Supapong">Sophon Supapong</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Narong_Phet-prasert&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Narong Phet-prasert (page does not exist)">Narong Phet-prasert</a>, and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Somkiat_Osotspa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Somkiat Osotspa (page does not exist)">Somkiat Osotspa</a>. However, Sophon denied he had anything to do with the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After a bomb was exploded outside of <a href="/wiki/Chitralada_Palace" class="mw-redirect" title="Chitralada Palace">Chitralada Palace</a> in early May 2007, junta leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin claimed that the "old power group" was behind it, and told the press to ask <a href="/wiki/PTV_(Thailand)" title="PTV (Thailand)">PTV</a> to learn more. He did not cite any evidence for his claims.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi claimed in public that several upper-middle-ranking public officials had attempted to give him between 40 and 100 million <a href="/wiki/Baht" class="mw-redirect" title="Baht">baht</a> in order to get promoted to director-general posts. Sonthi noted that the incidents led him to conclude that paying bribes to get promoted was common during the deposed government of Thaksin Shinawatra. A criminal complaint was filed against Sonthi for failing to take action against the officials. "Sonthi knows who the people are. Why hasn't he charged them over their illegal actions?" said PTV executive Veera Musigapong.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Amid escalating public criticism of Premier Surayud in March 2007, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chaiwat_Sinsuwong&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chaiwat Sinsuwong (page does not exist)">Chaiwat Sinsuwong</a>, leader of a PAD branch called the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Assembly_of_Isaan_People&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Assembly of Isaan People (page does not exist)">Assembly of Isaan People</a>, personally met Sonthi to request that the military remove the Prime Minister. Afterwards, Chaiwat claimed that Sonthi listened to him attentively and promised to consider his request. Sonthi later claimed that he was tricked into receiving Chaiwat, and had no intention to endorse the anti-government activists.<sup id="cite_ref-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In May 2007, Sonthi warned about 40 senior newspaper columnists and executives to "report news correctly," saying that he had noticed columnists criticising situations in different ways, and making it clear that he wanted stories to be reported in the same direction.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 30 May 2007, a junta-appointed Constitutional Tribunal dissolved the Thai Rak Thai Party and banned over 100 of its executives, including Thaksin, from politics for 5 years. On the morning of the ruling, Sonthi met with Tribunal judge <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ackaratorn_Chularat&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ackaratorn Chularat (page does not exist)">Ackaratorn Chularat</a>. He later denied that he lobbied the Constitution Tribunal to ban the Thai Rak Thai executive team.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Resignation_from_CNS,_entry_into_politics"><span id="Resignation_from_CNS.2C_entry_into_politics"></span>Resignation from CNS, entry into politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Resignation from CNS, entry into politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There was widespread public speculation that Sonthi would retain power after his mandatory retirement in 2007. Although he promised not to follow in the footsteps of former <a href="/wiki/National_Peace_Keeping_Council" title="National Peace Keeping Council">National Peace Keeping Coalition</a> leader and deposed prime minister General <a href="/wiki/Suchinda_Kraprayoon" title="Suchinda Kraprayoon">Suchinda Kraprayoon</a>, Sonthi did note that he alone could not make the decision as to whether he should become prime minister.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In March 2007, Sonthi called for emergency rule to be declared in Bangkok in response to the protests by the founders of PTV. In an interview, he noted that the protests had so far been peaceful, but that he was afraid the movement could lead to "mutiny and chaos in the country."<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the military junta consolidated its power, Sonthi flip-flopped from earlier promises not to cling to power. In a television interview on 25 June 2007 he hinted at plans to enter politics after he retires as Army chief in September 2007, not denying a suggestion that a new political party might be created for him. The very next day, a group of allies and anti-Thaksin politicians launched Ruam Jai Thai (Thai Unity), a new party that “would not be unfriendly to the military”, as one put it.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi's potential entry into politics was welcomed by <a href="/wiki/Suthep_Thaugsuban" title="Suthep Thaugsuban">Suthep Thaugsuban</a>, Secretary-General of the Democrat Party. "It would be a good sign if Sonthi would turn himself into a politician because that is the way of democracy. We should appreciate him [if he did it that way]. He is welcome... I haven't talked about the matter with him. But, in general, the Army commander-in-chief, government officials or ordinary people are welcome here at the Democrat Party," Suthep said. <sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Coup-supporter <a href="/wiki/Suriyasai_Katasila" title="Suriyasai Katasila">Suriyasai Katasila</a> of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Alliance_for_Democracy" title="People's Alliance for Democracy">People's Alliance for Democracy</a> suggested that Sonthi skip the next post-election and wait for the one after it, if he is keen about entering politics. Fellow coup-supporter Chamlong Srimuang, whose 1992 protests against Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Suchinda_Kraprayoon" title="Suchinda Kraprayoon">Suchinda Kraprayoon</a> led to the coup-leader's downfall, declined to state his views on Sonthi's future political role. CNS sources claimed that as of July 2007, Sonthi had not made a decision about whether or not to run in the next election.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Prime Minister's Office Minister defended Sonthi's right to formally enter politics. "Whether or not it is appropriate for him to contest the [next] general election is open to criticism, which, of course, has nothing to do with his right to run. If people consider it inappropriate, they will not vote for him or his party," the Minister said.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the months prior to July 2007, Sonthi co-chaired meetings of the Thai Cabinet, alongside Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont. He also travelled to the provinces to convince local officials to cut links with Thaksin Shinawatra and anti-junta politicians, telling them they would be treated better under his rule.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sources claimed that Sonthi was planning to run for Parliament in the next election, representing <a href="/wiki/Lopburi" title="Lopburi">Lopburi</a>. General <a href="/wiki/Pallop_Pinmanee" title="Pallop Pinmanee">Pallop Pinmanee</a>, Sonthi's advisor and director of the <a href="/wiki/Internal_Security_Operations_Command" title="Internal Security Operations Command">Internal Security Operations Command</a> (ISOC) was charged with building a support base for Gen Sonthi in <a href="/wiki/Lopburi" title="Lopburi">Lopburi</a>. ISOC staff were also sent to Northern and Northeastern provinces, political strongholds of Thaksin's <a href="/wiki/Thai_Rak_Thai" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai Rak Thai">Thai Rak Thai</a> party, to persuade local politicians to defect from Thai Rak Thai and join political parties backed by the military.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi resigned as commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army" title="Royal Thai Army">Royal Thai Army</a> on 30 September 2007. He was succeeded by General <a href="/wiki/Anupong_Paochinda" title="Anupong Paochinda">Anupong Paochinda</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Sonthi resigned as chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_National_Security" title="Council for National Security">Council for National Security</a> on 1 October 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-quits_position_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quits_position-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was succeeded as CNS chairman by Air Chief Marshal <a href="/wiki/Chalit_Pukbhasuk" title="Chalit Pukbhasuk">Chalit Pukbhasuk</a>, the commander-in-chief of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Air_Force" title="Royal Thai Air Force">Royal Thai Air Force</a>. Sonthi accepted a post in the cabinet of Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont" title="Surayud Chulanont">Surayud Chulanont</a> as deputy prime minister in charge of security.<sup id="cite_ref-quits_military_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-quits_military-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sonthi has two concurrent wives. He registered to marry his first wife, Sukanya, when he was a lieutenant and registered to a second wife, Piyada, when he was a captain. He currently lives with both women. Bigamy is illegal in Thailand, and is punishable with a jail term. However, Interior Minister Aree Wongsaraya defended Sonthi, claiming that it was a personal matter. He boasted that he himself had six wives.<sup id="cite_ref-wife1_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wife1-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-wife2_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wife2-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Sonthi is Muslim and of partial <a href="/wiki/Persia" class="mw-redirect" title="Persia">Persian</a> lineage. His ancestor, <a href="/wiki/Sheikh_Ahmad_(Thai_official)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sheikh Ahmad (Thai official)">Sheikh Ahmad Qomi</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was an Iranian expatriate trader who lived in Thailand for 26 years. Many Thais, including those from the <a href="/wiki/Bunnag" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunnag">Bunnag</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ahmadchula&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ahmadchula (page does not exist)">Ahmadchula</a> families trace their ancestry back to him. In addition, he was also of <a href="/wiki/Mon_people" title="Mon people">Mon</a> descent from his mother.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Royal_decorations">Royal decorations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Royal decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sonthi has received the following royal decorations in the <a href="/wiki/Thai_Honours_Order_of_Precedence" class="mw-redirect" title="Thai Honours Order of Precedence">Honours System</a> of Thailand:<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/70px-Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="22" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/105px-Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/140px-Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="32" /></a></span> Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_White_Elephant" title="Order of the White Elephant">Order of the White Elephant</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/70px-Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="25" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/105px-Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/140px-Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="36" /></a></span> Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand" title="Order of the Crown of Thailand">Order of the Crown of Thailand</a></li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/70px-Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/105px-Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/140px-Victory_Medal_-_Vietnam_War_with_flames_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Victory Medal - <a href="/wiki/Vietnam_War" title="Vietnam War">Vietnam War</a> with flames</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/70px-Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/105px-Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/140px-Freeman_Safeguarding_Medal_-_2nd_Class_2nd_Cat_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Freeman Safeguarding Medal</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Border_Service_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Border_Service_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.png/70px-Border_Service_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ac/Border_Service_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Border Service Medal</li> <li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chakra_Mala_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Chakra_Mala_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/70px-Chakra_Mala_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Chakra_Mala_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/105px-Chakra_Mala_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Chakra_Mala_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg/140px-Chakra_Mala_Medal_%28Thailand%29_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> Chakra Mala Medal</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Foreign_decorations">Foreign decorations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Foreign decorations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">USA</a> : <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/70px-Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/105px-Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg/140px-Army_Commendation_Medal_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Commendation_Medal" title="Commendation Medal">Army Commendation Medal</a> with <a href="/wiki/Valor_device" class="mw-redirect" title="Valor device">"V" device</a> (1970)</li></ul></li></ul> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e9/Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Vietnam.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Vietnam" title="South Vietnam">South Vietnam</a> : <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross,_with_palm.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross%2C_with_palm.svg/70px-Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross%2C_with_palm.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="19" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross%2C_with_palm.svg/105px-Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross%2C_with_palm.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/75/Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross%2C_with_palm.svg/140px-Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross%2C_with_palm.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="140" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Gallantry_Cross_(South_Vietnam)" title="Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam)">Gallantry Cross</a> with palm (1971)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/Flag_of_Malaysia.svg/46px-Flag_of_Malaysia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Malaysia" title="Malaysia">Malaysia</a> : <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_(Malaysia).svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_%28Malaysia%29.svg/70px-The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_%28Malaysia%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_%28Malaysia%29.svg/105px-The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_%28Malaysia%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_%28Malaysia%29.svg/140px-The_Gallant_Order_of_Military_Service_-_Courageous_Commander_%28Malaysia%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> Courageous Commander of The Most Gallant Order of Military Service <b>(P.G.A.T.)</b> (2007)</li></ul></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/23px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/35px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Flag_of_Singapore.svg/45px-Flag_of_Singapore.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Singapore" title="Singapore">Singapore</a> : <ul><li><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_(Tentera)_ribbon.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_%28Tentera%29_ribbon.png/70px-Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_%28Tentera%29_ribbon.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/51/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_%28Tentera%29_ribbon.png 1.5x" data-file-width="100" data-file-height="30" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Pingat_Jasa_Gemilang_(Tentera)" title="Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)">Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)</a> (2007)</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"There is nobody who wants to stage a coup. I can assure that the military will not." 28 February 2006<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"The army will not get involved in the political conflict. Political troubles should be resolved by politicians. Military coups are a thing of the past.", 6 March 2006,<sup id="cite_ref-iht.com_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iht.com-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Nobody was behind us. We decided on our own, and we took care of it on our own ... because the people have called for it and also because of the mismanagement of the government.", 20 September 2006<sup id="cite_ref-MISMANAGEMENT_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MISMANAGEMENT-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>"Thaksin is a Thai and a fellow countryman and there will be no problem should he decide to return. We are like brothers.", 20 September 2006<sup id="cite_ref-THAKISTHAI_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-THAKISTHAI-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sonthi_Boonyaratglin&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width reflist-columns-2"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thairath.co.th/person/1651">"ประวัติสนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน ข้อมูลล่าสุดของสนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน"</a>. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180719233201/https://www.thairath.co.th/person/1651">Archived</a> from the original on 19 July 2018<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220715001724/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/21/world/asia/21thailand.html">Archived</a> 15 July 2022 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> nyctimes</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wife1-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wife1_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wife1_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30022771">Anti-coup group calls for Sonthis' sacking for allegedly registering two marriages</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423011414/http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30022771">Archived</a> 23 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 31 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-wife2-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-wife2_7-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-wife2_7-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/31/politics/politics_30022963.php">Multiple wives just 'personal' business</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070108013801/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/31/politics/politics_30022963.php">Archived</a> 8 January 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 31 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">ADN Kronos, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1603293790">Thailand: Coup leader a multimillionaire, media reports</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160822063421/http://www1.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.1603293790">Archived</a> 22 August 2016 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 27 November 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Star, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/9/21/asia/15494090&sec=asia">Sonthi’s meteoric ascent to power</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422040846/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2006%2F9%2F21%2Fasia%2F15494090&sec=asia">Archived</a> 22 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 21 September 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OFFICIAL-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OFFICIAL_10-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200408/24/eng20040824_154587.html">Thailand's military reshuffle officially announced</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090425130033/http://english.people.com.cn/200408/24/eng20040824_154587.html">Archived</a> 25 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> People's Daily Online</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/28/headlines/headlines_30014841.php">WARNING FROM SURAYUD: Thaksin's return 'a threat'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061012234806/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/28/headlines/headlines_30014841.php">Archived</a> 12 October 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 28 September 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AUDIENCE-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-AUDIENCE_12-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/05/19/2003308984">Thai military chief seeking audience with King Bhumibol</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070804051834/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/05/19/2003308984">Archived</a> 4 August 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Taipei Times</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-STAY-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-STAY_13-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060315045055/http://www.time.com/time/asia/magazine/article/0,13673,501060320-1172779,00.html">Should Thaksin Stay?</a> Times Asia</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ELECTIONS-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ELECTIONS_14-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060410075323/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Southeast_Asia/HD06Ae01.html">Thaksin fall from grace</a> Asia Times Online</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-DELAYED-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-DELAYED_15-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.people.com.cn/200607/16/eng20060716_283510.html">Thaksin denies planning to remove Thai army chief</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423114217/http://english.people.com.cn/200607/16/eng20060716_283510.html">Archived</a> 23 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> People's Daily</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-REMOVE-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-REMOVE_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070331113327/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-07/15/content_4837336.htm">Thaksin denies planning to remove Thai army chief</a> China View</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-OBSERVERS-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-OBSERVERS_17-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/21/2003319706">Thai army chief delivers 'counter punch' to Thaksin</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060819074546/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2006/07/21/2003319706">Archived</a> 19 August 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Taipei Times</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Thai News Agency, "Thai army chief reaffirms non-interference in politics", 18 May 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-INFORM-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-INFORM_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/newswire/2005/09/0909005a.html">Thailand: Mollifying the Muslim</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060829044831/http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/newswire/2005/09/0909005a.html">Archived</a> 29 August 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> SOBAKA</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-POWERS-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-POWERS_20-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-POWERS_20-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.ce.cn/World/Asia-Pacific/200609/08/t20060908_8479858.shtml">Army commander's powers to rise: Thai Deputy PM</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20171012044654/http://en.ce.cn/World/Asia-Pacific/200609/08/t20060908_8479858.shtml">Archived</a> 12 October 2017 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> China Economic Net</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NoIdea19Sep-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NoIdea19Sep_21-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NoIdea19Sep_21-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Bangkok Post, "Deep South: Army wants peace talks but unsure who with", 19 September 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NOCOMMUNISTS-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NOCOMMUNISTS_22-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/13/politics/politics_30010984.php">Governors to look into Sonthi's claim of communist hand in Southern unrest</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070302220917/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/08/13/politics/politics_30010984.php">Archived</a> 2 March 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> The Nation</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-BEATEN-23"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-BEATEN_23-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/south2years/may230602.php">Hostage Taking: Army's image takes beating</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070312031350/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/specials/south2years/may230602.php">Archived</a> 12 March 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> The Nation</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-24"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-24">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30012939">"HRH Crown Prince to visit Juling"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070312141318/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30012939">Archived</a> 12 March 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NEGOTIATE-25"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NEGOTIATE_25-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/02/headlines/headlines_30012623.php">Sonthi calls for talks</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110518010052/http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/09/02/headlines/headlines_30012623.php">Archived</a> 18 May 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> The Nation</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-26"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-26">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.parliament.go.th/news/news_detail.php?prid=27364">Sonthi slams meddling</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060930025021/http://www.parliament.go.th/news/news_detail.php?prid=27364">Archived</a> 30 September 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/p1p6g8x1q5ijh">Some troops to pull out of South</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930183650/http://pages.citebite.com/p1p6g8x1q5ijh">Archived</a> 30 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 12 May 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games-28"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games_28-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-No_time_for_a_general_to_play_games_28-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/11May2007_news22.php">No time for a general to play games</a>, 11 May 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-HANDOVER-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-HANDOVER_29-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup/index.html">Thailand coup leader vows new PM in weeks</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060920091345/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup/index.html">Archived</a> 20 September 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> CNN</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-CAR-30"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-CAR_30-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup.ap/index.html">Thailand's king gives blessing to coup</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060920185526/http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/09/20/thailand.coup.ap/index.html">Archived</a> 20 September 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> CNN</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nationmultimedia.com-31"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-nationmultimedia.com_31-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-nationmultimedia.com_31-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/27/politics/politics_30017271.php">Sonthi told Thaksin he would stage a coup</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061104165819/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/27/politics/politics_30017271.php">Archived</a> 4 November 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 27 October 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-iht.com-32"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iht.com_32-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iht.com_32-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">International Herald Tribune, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/06/news/thai.php">Thaksin refuses to resign despite protests in Bangkok</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060313101203/http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/03/06/news/thai.php">Archived</a> 13 March 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 6 March 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-33"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-33">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/News/04Nov2006_news08.php">Coup-Makers Try to Keep Bad Luck At Bay</a>, 4 November 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-34"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-34">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/s1q4e7r7o2nij">CNS members visit renowned fortune teller</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201332/http://pages.citebite.com/s1q4e7r7o2nij">Archived</a> 30 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 2 April 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-35"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-35">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/w1s4v0j1u1jku">Sonthi loyalists put in key military positions</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001831/http://pages.citebite.com/w1s4v0j1u1jku">Archived</a> 28 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 22 March 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-36">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/f1p4p0w1m2ahp">Mid-year reshuffle completes the Thaksin purge</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001902/http://pages.citebite.com/f1p4p0w1m2ahp">Archived</a> 28 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 22 March 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-37"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-37">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/17/headlines/headlines_30021748.php">Sonthi issues guidelines for new charter</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929152310/http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/17/headlines/headlines_30021748.php">Archived</a> 29 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 17 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-38"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-38">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/20/headlines/headlines_30022102.php">No dictatation on the charter : CNS chief</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070108014725/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/20/headlines/headlines_30022102.php">Archived</a> 8 January 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 20 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-39"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-39">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/25/politics/politics_30022427.php">Sonthi idea 'contrary to democracy'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929135649/http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/12/25/politics/politics_30022427.php">Archived</a> 29 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 25 December 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-40"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-40">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reuters, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070219-0311-thailand-singapore-satellites.html">Thailand says wants satellites back, but how?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090422040758/http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070219-0311-thailand-singapore-satellites.html">Archived</a> 22 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 19 February 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-41">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/p1h1l2m8p6fcx">Wrong speech at wrong time</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001640/http://pages.citebite.com/p1h1l2m8p6fcx">Archived</a> 28 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 20 February 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-42">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Australian, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21246613-36375,00.html">Thailand's junta wants Shin Corp back</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423065802/http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21246613-36375,00.html">Archived</a> 23 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 19 February 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Straits-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Straits_43-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Straits Times, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=64204">Straight-talking general on the rise</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120205104134/http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article-southeastasia.asp?parentid=64204">Archived</a> 5 February 2012 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 21 February 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Reuters, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423002103/http://uk.reuters.com/article/homepageCrisis/idUKBKK22290._CH_.242020070320">Thai army accused of "disappearing" Muslims</a>, 20 March 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-45">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/i1t5f0u5a3yao">CNS' anti-Thaksin campaign</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001923/http://pages.citebite.com/i1t5f0u5a3yao">Archived</a> 28 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 8 April 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/04/11/politics/politics_30031650.php">Saprang's cousin given PR work 'because of experience'</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070429090400/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/04/11/politics/politics_30031650.php">Archived</a> 29 April 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 11 April 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">ผู้จัดการออนไลน์, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000051771">“สนธิ” ย้ำเหตุบึ้มไม่ใช่ฝีมือกองทัพ - โบ้ยถามหมอดูพีทีวี</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070508082447/http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9500000051771">Archived</a> 8 May 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 6 พฤษภาคม 2550 <a href="/wiki/Thai_language" title="Thai language">Thai</a>: <span lang="th">ภาษาไทย</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/11/politics/politics_30033937.php">PTV plans legal action against Sonthi for failure to act against corrupt officials</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070513074549/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/11/politics/politics_30033937.php">Archived</a> 13 May 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 11 May 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-49"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-49">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/10/national/national_30033849.php">Gen Sonthi 'tricked' into meeting anti-PM group</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070512210939/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/10/national/national_30033849.php">Archived</a> 12 May 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 10 May 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-50"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-50">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/09/headlines/headlines_30033754.php">Activists plead for Sonthi to remove PM</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070510052857/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/05/09/headlines/headlines_30033754.php">Archived</a> 10 May 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 9 May 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-51"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-51">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/f1w7n0t8y0tfo">Sonthi warns media to report correctly</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201209/http://pages.citebite.com/f1w7n0t8y0tfo">Archived</a> 30 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 16 May 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-52"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-52">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/j1l8e0x2r6obw">Sonthi denies influencing Tribunal</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930201229/http://pages.citebite.com/j1l8e0x2r6obw">Archived</a> 30 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 2 June 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-53"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-53">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://pages.citebite.com/r1l4m0h1w3mcv">Prime Minister Sonthi Boonyaratkalin?</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070928001849/http://pages.citebite.com/r1l4m0h1w3mcv">Archived</a> 28 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 22 March 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-54"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-54">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/03/28/headlines/headlines_30030459.php">Thai junta chief calls for emergency rule in Bangkok</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070513115003/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/03/28/headlines/headlines_30030459.php">Archived</a> 13 May 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 28 March 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-55"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-55">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Economist, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9409294">Penalty shoot-out</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070707091636/http://www.economist.com/world/asia/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9409294">Archived</a> 7 July 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 28 June 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-56"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-56">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/10/politics/politics_30040253.php">Junta chief warned against entering politics</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071206131316/http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/10/politics/politics_30040253.php">Archived</a> 6 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 10 July 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-57">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/09/headlines/headlines_30039957.php">Sonthi flayed over poll rumour</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070711214424/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/09/headlines/headlines_30039957.php">Archived</a> 11 July 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 9 July 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-58"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-58">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, Harsh penalties proposed against undemocratic bids to sink charter, 14 July 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-59">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">The Nation, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/09/politics/politics_30040079.php">Junta chief leaving the Army for a new power game</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070929155118/http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/07/09/politics/politics_30040079.php">Archived</a> 29 September 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 9 July 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-60">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bangkok Post, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.bangkokpost.com/110707_News/11Jul2007_news01.php">[1]</a>, 11 July 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-61"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-61">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30049569">Urgent: Anupong appointed new army chief</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071206131450/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30049569">Archived</a> 6 December 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>The Nation (Thailand)</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-quits_military-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-quits_military_62-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=31967">Thai coup leader quits military council</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071011055609/http://etna.mcot.net/query.php?nid=31967">Archived</a> 11 October 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, TNA/MCOT.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-63"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-63">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/10/02/headlines/headlines_30051036.php">Sonthi appointed as deputy PM</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071018150926/http://nationmultimedia.com/2007/10/02/headlines/headlines_30051036.php">Archived</a> 18 October 2007 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, <i>The Nation (Thailand)</i></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-64"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-64">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><span class="languageicon">(in Thai)</span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tnews.teenee.com/politic/15433.html">"ชีวิตและผลงาน พลเอก สนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน ผู้บัญชาการทหารบก" เป็นหนังสือที่พล.อ.สนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน รองนายกรัฐมนตรี ทำแจกในโอกาสเกษียณอายุราชการในตำแหน่งผบ.ทบ. มีเนื้อหาที่น่าสนใจโดยสรุป ดังนี้ </a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090423074704/http://tnews.teenee.com/politic/15433.html">Archived</a> 23 April 2009 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-65"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-65">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://siammedia.org/news/thailand/20070913_01.php">จาก“บุนนาค”ถึง“บุญยรัตกลิน”</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20131203011621/http://siammedia.org/news/thailand/20070913_01.php">Archived</a> 3 December 2013 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-66"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-66">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNanuam2007" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-script cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">Nanuam, Watsana (2007). <bdi lang="th">ลับลวงพราง ปฏิวัติปราสาททราย</bdi> [<i>The Secret of the Sand Castle Revolution</i>] (in Thai). Bangkok: Matichon Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9789740206965" title="Special:BookSources/9789740206965"><bdi>9789740206965</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87+%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%8F%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2&rft.place=Bangkok&rft.pub=Matichon+Publishing&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9789740206965&rft.aulast=Nanuam&rft.aufirst=Watsana&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASonthi+Boonyaratglin" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-67"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-67">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.rta.mi.th/command/command17/_HISTORY/his_sonti.htm">Biography</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061022131744/http://www.rta.mi.th/COMMAND/command17/_history/his_sonti.htm">Archived</a> 22 October 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> at the Royal Thai Army website. Retrieved on 4 December 2008.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-68"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-68">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">AFP, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/mar/01/01032006ap.htm">Thai PM open to concessions, ready to postpone snap polls</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060510055555/http://independent-bangladesh.com/news/mar/01/01032006ap.htm">Archived</a> 10 May 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, 28 February 2006</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MISMANAGEMENT-69"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-MISMANAGEMENT_69-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9495932F-4DBC-47AB-BB35-E490E7390FC1.htm">Thailand military consolidates grip</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20061028011123/http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9495932F-4DBC-47AB-BB35-E490E7390FC1.htm">Archived</a> 28 October 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> Al Jazeera</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-THAKISTHAI-70"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-THAKISTHAI_70-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2467171">Thai coup leader to install new PM in two weeks</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110629101011/http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=2467171">Archived</a> 29 June 2011 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a> ABC News</span> </li> </ol></div> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Prawit_Wongsuwan" class="mw-redirect" title="Prawit Wongsuwan">Prawit Wongsuwan</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Commanders_of_the_Royal_Thai_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="List of Commanders of the Royal Thai Army">Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army</a> </b><br />2005–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Anupong_Paochinda" title="Anupong Paochinda">Anupong Paochinda</a></div> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><i>New title</i></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Chairman of the <a href="/wiki/Council_for_National_Security" title="Council for National Security">Council for National Security</a> </b><br />2006–2007 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Chalit_Pukbhasuk" title="Chalit Pukbhasuk">Chalit Pukbhasuk</a><br /><small>Acting</small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #ccccff;">Political offices </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Thaksin_Shinawatra" title="Thaksin Shinawatra">Thaksin Shinawatra</a></div><i><b>as Prime Minister of Thailand </b></i> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand" title="Prime Minister of Thailand">President of the Administrative Reform Council of Thailand</a> </b><br />2006 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Surayud_Chulanont" title="Surayud Chulanont">Surayud 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