List of Thai Field Marshals
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The following is a list of Field Marshal
s of the Kingdom of Thailand:
See also: Military of Thailand
Field Marshal
Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
s of the Kingdom of Thailand:
- Field Marshal HRH Prince Bhanurangsi SavangwongseBhanurangsi SavangwongseField Marshal Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse, The Prince Banubandhu Vongsevoradej was a son of HM King Mongkut of Siam and HM Queen Debsirindra....
- Field Marshal HRH Prince Paripatra Sukhumbhand
- Field Marshal HRH Prince Chakrabongse BhuvanathChakrabongse BhuvanathField Marshal Prince Chakrabongse Bhuvanadh, Prince of Phitsanulok, , was the fortieth child of King Chulalongkorn and the fourth child of Queen Sri Bajarindra....
- Field Marshal HRH Prince Chirapravati Voradej
- Field Marshal Chao Phraya Bodinthoradejanujit
- Field Marshal Phin ChoonhavanPhin ChoonhavanField Marshal Phin Choonhavan was a Thai military leader. Phin was a leader of several coups against the government, most notably the 1947 coup...
- Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram
- Field Marshal Praphas Charusathien
- Field Marshal Thanom KittikachornThanom KittikachornField Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn was a military dictator of Thailand. A staunch anti-Communist, Thanom oversaw a decade of military rule in Thailand from 1963 to 1973, until public protests which exploded into violence forced him to step down...
- Field Marshal Sarit DhanarajataSarit DhanarajataField Marshal Sarit Thanarat , was a Thai career soldier who staged a coup in 1957, thereafter serving as Thailand's Prime Minister until his death in 1963. He was born in Bangkok, but grew up in his mother's home town in Lao-speaking northeastern Thailand and considered himself a northeasterner...
- Field Marshal Chao Phraya Surasakmontri
See also: Military of Thailand