List of defence ministers of Thailand
This is list of Minister of Ministry of Defence of Thailand. Aside from Prime Ministers holding the post concurrently, all ministers have been active-duty or retired flag officers.[1]
| Minister of Defence | |
|---|---|
| รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม | |
 Standard of Defence Minister | |
| Ministry of Defence | |
| Member of | Council of Ministers (Cabinet) |
| Nominator | Prime Minister |
| Appointer | The King |
| Formation | 1782 |
| First holder |
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Minister of Defence of Siam
List of Siamese Ministers of Defense (Thai: เสนาบดีกลาโหม, Senabodi Kalahom)[2]
| No. (term) | Portrait | Defence Minister | Took office | Left office |
| 12 |  | General Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong (1863–1947) | 1894 | 1899 |
| 13 |  | Major general Prince Prachaksinlapakhom (1856[3]–1924) | 1899 | 1901 |
| 14 |  | Field marshal Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse (1859–1928) | 1901 | 1910 |
| 15 |  | Field marshal Prince Chirapravati Voradej (1876–1913) | 11 December 1910[4] | 4 February 1913[4] |
| 16 | .jpg.webp) | Field marshal Chaophraya Bodindechanuchit (Arun Chatrakul) (1856–1921) | 1913 | 26 August 1921 |
| 17 | _2.jpg.webp) | General Chaophraya Bodindechanuchit (Yam Na Nakhon) (1867–1961) | 26 August 1921 | 4 August 1926 |
| 18 |  | Field Marshal Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandhu (1881–1944) | 24 August 1926 | 31 March 1928 |
| 19 |  | General Prince Boworadej (1877–1953) | 1 April 1928 | 19 June 1931 |
| 20 |  | Admiral Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha (1883–1947) | 8 November 1931[5] | 19 June 1932 |
| 21 | .jpg.webp) | Vice Admiral Phraya Ratchawangsan (Sri Kamalanavin) (1886–1939) | 12 August 1932 | 10 December 1932 |
| 22 |  | Major General Phraya Prasertsongkram (Tiap Komkris) (1882–1951) | 29 June 1933 | 11 August 1933 |
Minister of Defence of Thailand
List of Minister of Defence of Thailand (Thai: รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม Ratthamontri Wakarn Kasuang Kalahom)[2]
| No. (term) | Portrait | Defence Minister | Cabinet | Took office | Left office | Prime minister |
| 21 (1,2) | | Vice admiral Phraya Ratchawangsan (Sri Kamalanavin) (1886–1939) |
2 | 10 December 1932 | 1 April 1933 | Phraya Manopakorn Nititada |
| 3 | 1 April 1933 | 20 June 1933 | ||||
| 22 (1,2) | | Major general Phraya Prasertsongkram (Tiap Komkris) (1882–1951) |
4 | 21 June 1933 | 16 December 1933 | Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena |
| 5 | 16 December 1933 | 1 April 1934 | ||||
| 23 |  | Colonel Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena (Phot Phahonyothin) (1887–1947) |
5 | 1 April 1934 | 22 September 1934 | |
| 24 (1-4) |  | Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964) |
6 | 22 September 1934 | 9 August 1937 | |
| 7 | 10 August 1937 | 21 December 1937 | ||||
| 8 | 21 December 1937 | 16 December 1938 | ||||
| 9 | 21 December 1938 | 19 August 1941 | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | |||
| 25 |  | General Mangkorn Phromyothi (1896–1966) |
9 | 19 August 1941 | 15 December 1941 | |
| 24 (5-6) | | Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964) |
9 | 15 December 1941 | 7 March 1942 | |
| 10 | 10 March 1942 | 15 November 1943 | ||||
| 26 |  | Lieutenant general Phichit Kriangsakphichit (1896–1964) |
10 | 15 November 1943 | 1 August 1944 | |
| 27 |  | Admiral Sindhu Kamalanavin (1901–1976) |
11 | 2 August 1944 | 31 August 1945 | Khuang Aphaiwong |
| 28 (1,2) |  | Lieutenant general Chit Munsilpa Sinadyodharaksa (1896–1988) |
12 | 31 August 1945 | 17 September 1945 | Tawee Boonyaket |
| 13 | 19 September 1945 | 14 October 1945 | Seni Pramoj | |||
| 29 (1) |  | Lieutenant general Jira Wichitsongkhram (1897–1979) |
13 | 14 October 1945 | 31 January 1946 | |
| 28 (3) | | Lieutenant general Chit Munsilpa Sinadyodharaksa (1896–1988) |
14 | 2 February 1946 | 24 March 1946 | Khuang Aphaiwong |
| 29 (2-5) | | Lieutenant general Jira Wichitsongkhram (1897–1979) |
15 | 24 March 1946 | 11 June 1946 | Pridi Banomyong |
| 16 | 11 June 1946 | 23 August 1946 | ||||
| 17 | 24 August 1946 | 30 May 1947 | Thawan Thamrongnawasawat | |||
| 18 | 31 May 1947 | 8 November 1947 | ||||
| 30 (1-3) |  | Lieutenant general Suk Chatnakrob (?–?) |
19 | 11 November 1947 | 21 February 1948 | Khuang Aphaiwong |
| 20 | 25 February 1948 | 8 April 1948 | ||||
| 21 | 15 April 1948 | 25 June 1949 | Plaek Phibunsongkhram | |||
| 24 (7-10) | | Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964) |
22 | 28 June 1949 | 29 November 1951 | |
| 23 | 29 November 1951 | 6 December 1951 | ||||
| 24 | 8 December 1951 | 23 March 1952 | ||||
| 25 | 23 March 1952 | 26 February 1957 | ||||
| 31 |  | Field marshal Sarit Thanarat (1908–1963) | 26 | 31 March 1957 | 16 September 1957 | Pote Sarasin |
| 32 |  | Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn | 27 | 23 September 1957 | 26 December 1957 | Pote Sarasin |
| 28 | 1 January 1958 | 20 October 1958 | Thanom Kittikachorn | |||
| 29 | 10 February 1958 | 8 December 1962 | Sarit Thanarat | |||
| 30 | 11 December 1962 | 7 March 1969 | Thanom Kittikachorn | |||
| 31 | 11 March 1969 | 17 November 1971 | ||||
| 32 | 19 December 1972 | 14 October 1973 | ||||
| 33 | .jpg.webp) | Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya | 33 | 16 October 1973 | 22 May 1974 | Sanya Dharmasakti |
| 34 | | General Kruyn Sutathanin | 34 | 30 May 1974 | 22 May 1975 | Sanya Dharmasakti |
| 35 | | General Tawich Seneewong | 35 | 15 February 1975 | 13 March 1975 | Seni Pramoj |
| 36 |  | Police General Pramarn Adireksarn | 36 | 17 March 1975 | 12 January 1976 | Kukrit Pramoj |
| 37 |  | General Kris Sivara | 37 | 21 April 1976 | 28 April 1976 | Seni Pramoj |
| 35 (2) | | General Tawich Seneewong | 37 | 28 April 1976 | 24 August 1976 | Seni Pramoj |
| 38 |  | Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj | 37 | 27 August 1976 | 23 September 1976 | Seni Pramoj |
| 39 |  | Admiral Sangad Chaloryu | 38 | 5 October 1976 | 6 October 1976 | Seni Pramoj |
| 39 | 22 October 1976 | 20 October 1977 | Thanin Kraivichien | |||
| 40 | | General Lek Neawmalee | 40 | 12 November 1977 | 11 August 1977 | Kriangsak Chamanan |
| 41 | .jpg.webp) | General Kriangsak Chamanan | 40 | 11 August 1977 | 11 May 1979 | Kriangsak Chamanan |
| 42 |  | General Prem Tinsulanonda | 41 | 24 May 1979 | 3 March 1980 | Kriangsak Chamanan |
| 42 | 21 March 1980 | 19 March 1983 | Prem Tinsulanonda | |||
| 43 | 7 May 1983 | 5 August 1986 | ||||
| 43 | .jpg.webp) | Air Chief Marshal Panieng Karntarat | 44 | 11 August 1986 | 3 August 1988 | Prem Tinsulanonda |
| 44 (1) |  | General Chatichai Choonhavan | 45 | 4 August 1988 | 29 March 1990 | Chatichai Choonhavan |
| 45 (1) |  | General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | 45 | 30 March 1990 | 3 August 1990 | Chatichai Choonhavan |
| 44 (2,3) | | General Chatichai Choonhavan | 45 | 21 June 1990 | 9 December 1990 | Chatichai Choonhavan |
| 46 | 14 December 1990 | 23 February 1991 | ||||
| 46 | | Admiral Praphat Kritsanajun | 47 | 6 March 1991 | 22 March 1992 | Anand Panyarachun |
| 47 | | General Suchinda Kraprayoon | 48 | 17 April 1992 | 24 May 1992 | Suchinda Kraprayoon |
| 48 | | General Banjob Bunnag | 49 | 18 June 1992 | 23 September 1992 | Anand Panyarachun |
| 49 | | General Vijit Sukmak | 50 | 29 September 1992 | 13 July 1995 | Chuan Leekpai |
| 45 (2,3) | | General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | 51 | 13 July 1995 | 24 November 1996 | Banharn Silpa-archa |
| 52 | 29 November 1996 | 8 September 1997 | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | |||
| 50 |  | Chuan Leekpai | 53 | 14 September 1997 | 5 February 2001 | Chuan Leekpai |
| 45 (4) | | General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh | 54 | 17 February 2001 | 3 October 2002 | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| 51 (1) | | General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya | 54 | 3 October 2002 | 9 March 2004 | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| 52 | | General Chettha Thanajaro | 54 | 10 March 2004 | 5 October 2004 | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| 53 | | General Sampan Boonyanan | 54 | 6 October 2004 | 5 October 2005 | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| 51 (2) | | General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya | 55 | 11 March 2005 | 19 September 2006 | Thaksin Shinawatra |
| 54 | | General Boonrod Somthat | 56 | 9 October 2006 | 5 February 2008 | Surayud Chulanont |
| 55 |  | Samak Sundaravej | 57 | 6 February 2008 | 9 September 2008 | Samak Sundaravej |
| 56 |  | Somchai Wongsawat | 58 | 24 September 2008 | 2 December 2008 | Somchai Wongsawat |
| 57 (1) |  | General Prawit Wongsuwan | 59 | 20 December 2008 | 9 August 2011 | Abhisit Vejjajiva |
| 58 |  | General Yuthasak Sasiprapha | 60 | 9 August 2011 | 18 January 2012 | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| 59 |  | Air Chief Marshal Sukampol Suwannathat | 60 | 18 January 2012 | 30 June 2013 | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| 60 |  | Yingluck Shinawatra | 60 | 30 June 2013 | 7 May 2014 | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| 57 (2) | _(cropped).jpg.webp) | General Prawit Wongsuwan | 61 | 30 August 2014 | 10 July 2019 | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| 61 |  | General Prayut Chan-o-cha | 62 | 10 July 2019 | Incumbent | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
See also
References
- Barany, Zoltan (2012). The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Princeton University Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781400845491.
- "เสนาบดีและรัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม" [List of Defence Ministers] (in Thai). Ministry of Defence (Thailand). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
- "The Monument of Krommaluang Prachaksinlapakhom". Tourism Authority of Thailand. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
- Royal Thai Army. ผู้บัญชาการทหารบกตั้งแต่อดีตถึงปัจจุบัน [Commander-in-Chiefs of the Royal Thai Army from past to present] (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
- Royal Thai Navy. นายพลเรือเอก พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมหลวงสิงหวิกรมเกรียงไกร [Admiral HRH Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha] (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
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