Chalit Pukbhasuk
Chalit Pukbhasuk | |
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| Born | 5 April 1948 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Allegiance |  Thailand |
| Branch | File:Flag of the Royal Thai Air Force.svg Royal Thai Air Force |
| Rank | File:RTAF OF-9 (Air Chief Marshal).svg Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief |
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Air Chief Marshal Chalit Pukbhasuk PC (Thai: ชลิต พุกผาสุข) (born 5 April 1948) is a retired Thai air force officer, a commander of the Royal Thai Air Force and the acting chairman of Council for National Security, the junta that overthrew the government of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra in the 2006 coup d'état.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Chalit graduated from the Royal Thai Air Force Academy and held many key positions in the Air Force, including that of air attaché in Jakarta. Prior to becoming Commander of the Air Force, he was the Air Force's chief of staff. Chalit was reportedly reluctant to support the 2006 Thai coup d'état – Royal Thai Army troops had surrounded Air Force Headquarters on the night of the coup to ensure that Chalit and the Air Force did not provide any resistance.[1]
Chalit was appointed a deputy chairman in the Council for National Security under coup leader, General Sonthi Boonyaratglin. Chalit was paid nearly 114,000 baht per month as an additional salary to his air force pay while he was deputy chairman.[2]
Chalit was named as acting chairman of the Council for National Security on 1 October 2007, succeeding Sonthi, who retired from military duty to enter politics.[3][4] In addition to his duties as air force chief and acting CNS head, Chalit also serves as chairman of the board of Thai Airways International.[5] In 2011, Chalit was appointed by Bhumibol Adulyadej to Privy Council of Thailand.[6]
Chalit is married to Assistant professor Dr. Phonthip Phukphasuk, a now retired professor for Thai language from the Faculty of Arts of Chulalongkorn University. They have two daughters.
Honours
[edit | edit source]Royal Decorations
[edit | edit source]- File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
- File:Order of the Crown of Thailand - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
- File:Order of Chula Chom Klao - 2nd Class upper (Thailand) ribbon.svg Knight Grand Commander of the Most Illustrious Order of Chula Chom Klao
- File:Freeman Safeguarding Medal - 2nd Class 1st Cat (Thailand) ribbon.svg Freemen Safeguarding Medal, 2nd Class 1st Cat
- File:Order of the Direkgunabhorn (Thailand) ribbon.svg Order of the Direkgunabhorn, Gold Medal
- File:The Boy Scout Citation Medal - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg Boy Scout Citation Medal of Vajira, First Class
- File:Chakra Mala Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg Chakra Mala Medal
- File:King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg King Rama X Royal Cypher Medal, Third Class
- File:25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg 25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal
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Foreign Honours
[edit | edit source]- File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia :
- File:Bintang Yudha Dharma Nararya rib.svg Grand Meritorious Military Order Star, Nararya Class
- File:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore :
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ Figures Behind the Coup Archived 2006-10-10 at the Wayback Machine, The Nation (Thailand)
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- ^ Thai coup general quits position, BBC
- ^ Thai coup leader quits military council Archived 2007-10-11 at the Wayback Machine, TNA/MCOT.
- ^ About THAI Archived October 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Thai Airways International
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
