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The National Council for Peace and Order ( NCPO; Thai: คณะรักษาความสงบแห่งชาติ; RTGS : khana raksa khwam sangop haeng chat; abbreviated ( Thai: คสช.; RTGS : khosocho )) was the military junta that ruled Thailand between its 2014 Thai coup d'état on 22 May 2014 and 16 July 2019. [2] On 20 May ...
On 22 May 2014, the Royal Thai Armed Forces, led by General Prayut Chan-o-cha, the commander of the Royal Thai Army (RTA), launched a coup d'état, the twelfth since the country's first coup in 1932, [1] against the caretaker government of Thailand following six months of political crisis. [1] The military established a junta called the ...
Prayut Chan-o-cha (sometimes spelled Prayuth Chan-ocha; Thai: ประยุทธ์ จันทร์โอชา, pronounced [prā.jút tɕān.ʔōː.tɕʰāː] ⓘ; born 21 March 1954) is a retired Thai politician and army officer. [1] He became the 29th Prime Minister of Thailand after he seized power in the 2014 military coup and served ...
As head of the Royal Thai Army, Prayut Chan-o-cha instigated the most recent coup in 2014 and led the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), the military junta which came to power following the coup.
In May 2014, the military junta interrupted a talk show, where a political science professor was discussing the Thai Army's declaration of martial law. The show was interrupted to broadcast "Order No. 9" from the Peace and Order Maintaining Command. The order banned media from interviewing academics who could incite conflict.
Since the 2014 Thai coup d'état, the National Council for Peace and Order had made full use of martial law to prosecute opponents, ban political activity, and censor the media. More than 1,000 people, including academics, political bloggers, activists and politicians, have been detained or sent for "attitude adjustment" at military installations.
The 2013–2014 Thai political crisis was a period of political instability in Thailand. Anti-government protests took place between November 2013 and May 2014, organised by the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), a political pressure group led by former Democrat Party parliamentary representative ( MP) Suthep Thaugsuban. [10]
Under the present 2017 Constitution, which was promulgated in the aftermath of the 2014 Thai coup d'état, provided for a 5-year transitional Senate appointed by the National Council for Peace and Order, the military junta that governed Thailand from the coup in 2014 until 2019, followed by "permanent" Senates.