The year 2004 was the 223rd year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

. It was the 59th year in the reign of King

Bhumibol Adulyadej Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...

(Rama IX), and is reckoned as year 2547 in the

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Incumbents

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Vajiralongkorn Vajiralongkorn ( th, วชิราลงกรณ; , ; born 28 July 1952) is the King of Thailand. He is the only son of King Bhumibol Adulyadej and Queen Sirikit. In 1972, at the age of 20, he was made crown prince by his father. After his ...

Prime Minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister is not ...

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

* Supreme Patriarch: Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana

Events

January

2004 Bangkok International Film Festival The 2004 Bangkok International Film Festival started on January 22 and ran until February 2. The Golden Kinnaree Awards were announced on January 31. Awards Golden Kinnaree International Competition * Best Film: ''The Barbarian Invasions'' (Can ...

took place from January 22 to February 2. Many awards were given out. A list of awards given out can be viewe
here

February

March

* Miss Thailand Universe 2004 was a beauty contest held on March 27.

Morakot Aimee Kittisara Morakot Aimee Kittisara ( th, มรกต เอมมี่ กิตติสาระ) later Morakot Sangtaweep ( th, มรกต แสงทวีป) is a Thai-British actress, model, and television presenter who won the Miss Thailand Un ...

was the winner.

July

XV International AIDS Conference, 2004 The XV International AIDS Conference was held in Bangkok, the capital city of Thailand, from July 11 to July 16, 2004. The main venue for the conference was the IMPACT Muang Thong Thani convention centre at Nonthaburi, north-east of downtown Bang ...

was held from July 11 to July 16 in

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...

August

2004 Bangkok gubernatorial election The seventh gubernatorial election for the city of Bangkok, Thailand was held on August 29, 2004, to determine the governor of Bangkok. The Democrat Party's candidate, Apirak Kosayodhin, won 36.86 percent of the vote. Of a total of 3,955,855 vo ...

was held on August 29.

Apirak Kosayodhin Apirak Kosayodhin ( th, อภิรักษ์ โกษะโยธิน; , born March 30, 1961) is a former Thai business executive and former governor of Bangkok. In the gubernatorial elections on August 29, 2004 he won with 40% of the vot ...

, who belonged to the Democrat party, won the election.

October

* Tak Bai incident occurred on October 25 and resulted in 85 deaths.

December

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

occurred on December 26.Magnitude 9.1 - OFF THE WEST COAST OF NORTHERN SUMATRA

Births

Deaths

*26 December - Poom Jensen

References

External links

Year 2004 Calendar - Thailand
Years of the 21st century in Thailand

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