Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in
Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker
prime minister
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of
Thailand
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from April to May 2006, when
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 ...
took a break from his duties as prime minister following a disappointing showing in
elections
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Elections have been the usual mechanism by which modern representative democracy has operate ...
. Thaksin returned to his duties after more than a month. Chitchai Wannasathit was simultaneously the first deputy prime minister and justice minister. On 19 September 2006, he was arrested by the Thai military during the 2006
coup d'état
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, but was soon released.
Education
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*
Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy
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National Defence College of Thailand
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Personal life
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descent.
References
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1946 births
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...
Living people
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...
Chitchai Wannasathit
Police General Chitchai Wannasathit ( th, ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, ; ; born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took ...