Prawit Wongsuwon | |
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ประวิตร วงษ์สุวรรณ | |
_cropped.jpg) Prawit at the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting, Singapore in 2018 | |
| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| In office 30 August 2014 – 1 September 2023 | |
| Prime Minister | Prayut Chan-o-cha Himself (acting) |
| Acting Prime Minister of Thailand | |
| In office 24 August 2022 – 30 September 2022 | |
| Monarch | Vajiralongkorn |
| Preceded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha[a] |
| Succeeded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha[b] |
| Minister of Defence | |
| In office 30 August 2014 – 10 July 2019 | |
| Prime Minister | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| Preceded by | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Succeeded by | Prayut Chan-o-cha |
| In office 20 December 2008 – 9 August 2011 | |
| Prime Minister | Abhisit Vejjajiva |
| Preceded by | Somchai Wongsawat |
| Succeeded by | Yuthasak Sasiprapha |
| Leader of the Palang Pracharath Party | |
| Assumed office 27 June 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Uttama Savanayana |
| Member of the House of Representatives | |
| Assumed office 14 May 2023 | |
| Constituency | Party-list |
| President of National Olympic Committee of Thailand | |
| Assumed office 5 April 2017 | |
| Preceded by | Yuthasak Sasiprapha |
| Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army | |
| In office 1 October 2004 – 30 September 2005 | |
| Preceded by | Chaiyasit Shinawatra |
| Succeeded by | Sonthi Boonyaratglin |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 August 1945 Bangkok, Thailand |
| Political party | Palang Pracharath (since 2020) |
| Relatives | Patcharawat Wongsuwan (brother) |
| Alma mater | |
| Nickname | Pom (ป้อม) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Thailand |
| Branch/service | Royal Thai Army |
| Years of service | 1969–2005 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands | Royal Thai Army |
| Battles/wars | |
Prawit Wongsuwon (Thai: ประวิตร วงษ์สุวรรณ, RTGS: Prawit Wongsuwan, pronounced [prà.wít wōŋ.sù.wān]; born 11 August 1945) is a Thai politician and retired army officer who served as the First deputy prime minister from 2014 to 2023, Minister of Defence from 2008 to 2011 during the government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva and from 2014 to 2019 in the first government of Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. He also previously served as the deputy chairman of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), a military junta which ruled Thailand from 2014 to 2019. From 2004 to 2005 he was the commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army (RTA).
In 2022, he briefly became acting prime minister of Thailand after Prayut was briefly suspended from carrying out his duties as Prime Minister of Thailand by the Constitutional Court of Thailand after the court agreed to take up the case on whether Prayut had exceeded the constitutional term limit for the office of prime minister. The Constitutional Court of Thailand later ruled on 30 September 2022 that Prayut had not exceeded his term limit and may continue to serve as prime minister. Prayut was thereafter able to resume carrying out duties as prime minister as a result of the court ruling and Prawit ceased to be the acting prime minister of Thailand on the same date of the court ruling. Prawit will never gain the title of being prime minister of Thailand.[1][2]
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