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Abhisit was appointed prime minister of Thailand on 17 December 2008, after the Constitutional Court of Thailand removed Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat from office. [8] [9] At age 44, he was the country's youngest prime minister in more than 60 years. [10] Abhisit became premier during the Great Recession and rising domestic political ...
During Abhisit’s tenure as prime minister, the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), a group formed to protest the 2006 military coup, staged several protests calling for Abhisit to dissolve the government and hold new elections.
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 Abhisit Cabinet (Council of Ministers) or formally the 59th Council of Ministers (คณะรัฐมนตรี คณะที่ 59) was announced after the appointment of Abhisit Vejjajiva as Prime Minister of Thailand on the 17 December 2008. The Cabinet line-up itself was announced on the 20 December, to the news media.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva, assumed office in December 2008. In 2009, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva faced rising public discontent with his government and near-constant rumours of a military coup. King Bhumibol Adulyadej entered the hospital in September, silencing a unifying force for the country.
Prime Minister of Thailand: Thailand: 1946–1947 Thai Chinese [12] [13] 11 Pote Sarasin 乃朴·沙拉信: Prime Minister of Thailand: Thailand: 1957 Thai Chinese [14] 12 Thanom Kittikachorn 他儂·吉滴卡宗: Prime Minister of Thailand: Thailand: 1958, 1963–1973 Thai Chinese [15] 13 Ne Win 奈溫: Prime Minister of Myanmar: Burma: 1958 ...
Some representatives defected to the Democrats, which enabled the Democrat Party leader Abhisit Vejjajiva to be elected by parliament as prime minister. The National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship ("Red Shirts") was a pressure group that opposed the Thai military's alleged influence in the formation of Abhisit's government.
Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party and a deputy prime minister under Abhisit Vejjajiva. He resigned his seat in Parliament in November 2013 to become the self-appointed Secretary-general of the People's Democratic Reform Committee , which was conducting mass protests trying to unseat the government of Prime Minister ...