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Australian Outlook

In May 2014, Thailand’s generals decided, yet again, that their country’s elected government was too much trouble. Dusting off their well-worn coup-making playbooks, they rolled the tanks into central Bangkok, secured the key installations required to claim authority, and implemented their familiar style of military rule.

It would be five years before the Thai people could have their say through the ballot box, under a new constitution with rules tilted heavily in favour of the entrenched military, royalist, and bureaucratic elites. General Prayuth Chan-o-cha, who led the coup, is still in charge and content to manage national affairs on narrow authoritarian terms.

Yet General Prayuth and the system of power he represents face more pressure right now than anyone can remember. A new generation of activists is targeting the further consolidation of power in the palaces and barracks. These activists are generally young, often still in their teens, and so they have little personal experience of Thailand’s previous democratic flirtations. For

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Praise from Tatmadaw should be seen for what it is

Myanmar’s Commander-in-Chief General Min Aung Hlaing told Thailand’s ruling junta during his recent visit that they did the right thing by seizing power because national security was at stake, although the reality is much more complicated than rivalries between the two political movements that brought the nation to a standstill in many ways.

During a meeting in Bangkok with Supreme Commander General Tanasak Patimapragorn, a deputy leader of the ruling National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), Min Aung Hlaing said the Tatmadaw – Myanmar’s armed forces – had had

a similar experience to Thailand in 1988.

He was referring to the student-led uprising against the military government of Gen Ne Win. The protest had the support of just about everybody in the country - from Buddhist monks to Muslim religious leaders, as well as civil servants and the grassroots community. And while Ne Win did step down, what Gen Min Aung Hlaing didn’t say was that the State Law and Order Restoration Cou

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Thanasak Patimaprakorn is the former deputy prime minister and former foreign minister of Thailand. He was appointed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha on September 1, 2014 and previously served as Thailand's chief of defense forces.^[1]

Chief of Defense Forces[]

Patimaprakorn served as Thailand's chief of defense forces from 2011 to 2014. In this position, he oversaw combat readiness and commanded military operations in all three branches of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. His position was at the top of the military chain of command, although in practice he remained subordinate to army chief Prayut Chan-o-cha.

Role in Current Cabinet[]

Deputy-Head of the National Council of Peace and Order[]

On May 22, 2014, it was announced that Patimaprakorn would serve as the Deputy-Head of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO).^[2] He is one of 11 military officers appointed to the 32-member cabinet.^[3] This announcement took place during the Thai military coup of 2014. It was initially thought that the military had no interest in a coup, as Patim