The Chief of Defence Forces, previously known as the Supreme Commander, is the overall field commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces. They are also in charge of managing the Royal Thai Armed Forces H
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Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram
Sarit Thanarat in 1950s
Plaek Phibunsongkhram
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Plaek Phibunsongkhram, commonly known in English language sources as Phibun and as Chomphon Por in Thai, was a Thai military officer and politician who served as the third prime minister of Thailand f
Chief of Defence Forces (Thailand)
…Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces who is the constitutional monarch of Thailand. Prior to 1960 the post was an ad hoc creation by Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, during World War II. However, under Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat the position became permanent, and in its early life was even combined with the post…
Official portrait, c. 1940s
Phibun in his youth
Phibunsongkhram giving a nationalist speech to the crowds at the Ministry of Defence opposite Swasti Sopha gate of Grand Palace in 1940.
Phibunsongkhram with Thai farmers in 1942 at Bang Khen