List of defence ministers of Thailand

Minister of Defence
Minister of Defence
รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม
	Standard of Defence Minister
	Incumbent; Sutin Klungsang; since 1 September 2023
	Ministry of Defence
Member of	Council of Ministers (Cabinet); National Security Council
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	The King
Formation	1782
First holder	Chao Phraya Mahasaena (as Samuha Kalahom); Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong (as Minister of Defence);

This is list of ministers of defence of Thailand. Until the appointment of the incumbent, Sutin Klungsang, aside from Prime Ministers holding the post concurrently, all ministers had been active-duty or retired flag officers.[1] Sutin is the first civilian to be the head of the Ministry of Defence without holding the post of Prime Minister simultaneously, which were held by five former prime ministers without a military background.[2]

Minister of Defence of Siam

List of Siamese Ministers of Defense (Thai: เสนาบดีกลาโหม, Senabodi Kalahom)[3]

No. (term)	Defence Minister	Took office	Left office
12	General Prince Narisara Nuwattiwong (1863–1947)	1894	1899
13	Major general Prince Prachaksinlapakhom (1856[4]–1924)	1899	1901
14	Field marshal Prince Bhanurangsi Savangwongse (1859–1928)	1901	1910
15	Field marshal Prince Chirapravati Voradej (1876–1913)	11 December 1910[5]	4 February 1913[5]
16	Field marshal Chaophraya Bodindechanuchit (Arun Chatrakul) (1856–1921)	1913	26 August 1921
17	General Chaophraya Bodindechanuchit (Yam Na Nakhon) (1867–1961)	26 August 1921	4 August 1926
18	Field Marshal Prince Paribatra Sukhumbandhu (1881–1944)	24 August 1926	31 March 1928
19	General Prince Boworadej (1877–1953)	1 April 1928	19 June 1931
20	Admiral Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha (1883–1947)	8 November 1931[6]	19 June 1932
21	Vice Admiral Phraya Ratchawangsan (Sri Kamalanavin) (1886–1939)	12 August 1932	10 December 1932
22	Major General Phraya Prasertsongkram (Tiap Komkris) (1882–1951)	29 June 1933	11 August 1933

Minister of Defence of Thailand

List of ministers of defence of Thailand (Thai: รัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม Ratthamontri Wakarn Kasuang Kalahom)[3]

No. (term)	Defence Minister	Cabinet	Took office	Left office	Prime minister
21 (1,2)	Vice admiral Phraya Ratchawangsan (Sri Kamalanavin) (1886–1939)	2	10 December 1932	1 April 1933	Phraya Manopakorn Nititada
21 (1,2)		3	1 April 1933	20 June 1933	Phraya Manopakorn Nititada
22 (1,2)	Major general Phraya Prasertsongkram (Tiap Komkris) (1882–1951)	4	21 June 1933	16 December 1933	Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena
22 (1,2)		5	16 December 1933	1 April 1934
23	Colonel Phraya Phahonphonphayuhasena (Phot Phahonyothin) (1887–1947)	5	1 April 1934	22 September 1934
24 (1-4)	Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964)	6	22 September 1934	9 August 1937
		7	10 August 1937	21 December 1937
		8	21 December 1937	16 December 1938
		9	21 December 1938	19 August 1941	Plaek Phibunsongkhram
25	General Mangkorn Phromyothi (1896–1966)	9	19 August 1941	15 December 1941
24 (5-6)	Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964)	9	15 December 1941	7 March 1942
24 (5-6)	Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964)	10	10 March 1942	15 November 1943
26	Lieutenant general Phichit Kriangsakphichit (1896–1964)	10	15 November 1943	1 August 1944
27	Admiral Sindhu Kamalanavin (1901–1976)	11	2 August 1944	31 August 1945	Khuang Aphaiwong
28 (1,2)	Lieutenant general Chit Munsilpa Sinadyodharaksa (1896–1988)	12	31 August 1945	17 September 1945	Tawee Boonyaket
28 (1,2)		13	19 September 1945	14 October 1945	Seni Pramoj
29 (1)	Lieutenant general Jira Wichitsongkhram (1897–1979)	13	14 October 1945	31 January 1946	Seni Pramoj
28 (3)	Lieutenant general Chit Munsilpa Sinadyodharaksa (1896–1988)	14	2 February 1946	24 March 1946	Khuang Aphaiwong
29 (2-5)	Lieutenant general Jira Wichitsongkhram (1897–1979)	15	24 March 1946	11 June 1946	Pridi Banomyong
		16	11 June 1946	23 August 1946	Pridi Banomyong
		17	24 August 1946	30 May 1947	Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
		18	31 May 1947	8 November 1947	Thawan Thamrongnawasawat
30 (1-3)	Lieutenant general Suk Chatnakrob (?–?)	19	11 November 1947	21 February 1948	Khuang Aphaiwong
		20	25 February 1948	8 April 1948	Khuang Aphaiwong
		21	15 April 1948	25 June 1949	Plaek Phibunsongkhram
24 (7-10)	Field marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram (1897–1964)	22	28 June 1949	29 November 1951
		23	29 November 1951	6 December 1951
		24	8 December 1951	23 March 1952
		25	23 March 1952	26 February 1957
31	Field marshal Sarit Thanarat (1908–1963)	26	31 March 1957	16 September 1957	Plaek Phibunsongkhram
32	Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn	27	23 September 1957	26 December 1957	Pote Sarasin
		28	1 January 1958	20 October 1958	Thanom Kittikachorn
		29	10 February 1958	8 December 1962	Sarit Thanarat
		30	11 December 1962	7 March 1969	Thanom Kittikachorn
		31	11 March 1969	17 November 1971
		32	19 December 1972	14 October 1973
33	Air Chief Marshal Dawee Chullasapya	33	16 October 1973	22 May 1974	Sanya Dharmasakti
34	General Kruyn Sutathanin	34	30 May 1974	22 May 1975	Sanya Dharmasakti
35	General Tawich Seneewong	35	15 February 1975	13 March 1975	Seni Pramoj
36	Police General Pramarn Adireksarn	36	17 March 1975	12 January 1976	Kukrit Pramoj
37	General Kris Sivara	37	21 April 1976	28 April 1976	Seni Pramoj
35 (2)	General Tawich Seneewong	37	28 April 1976	24 August 1976	Seni Pramoj
38	Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj	37	27 August 1976	23 September 1976	Seni Pramoj
39	Admiral Sangad Chaloryu	38	5 October 1976	6 October 1976	Seni Pramoj
39	Admiral Sangad Chaloryu	39	22 October 1976	20 October 1977	Thanin Kraivichien
40	General Lek Neawmalee	40	12 November 1977	11 August 1977	Kriangsak Chamanan
41	General Kriangsak Chamanan	40	11 August 1977	11 May 1979	Kriangsak Chamanan
42	General Prem Tinsulanonda	41	24 May 1979	3 March 1980	Kriangsak Chamanan
		42	21 March 1980	19 March 1983	Prem Tinsulanonda
		43	7 May 1983	5 August 1986	Prem Tinsulanonda
43	Air Chief Marshal Panieng Karntarat	44	11 August 1986	3 August 1988	Prem Tinsulanonda
44 (1)	General Chatichai Choonhavan	45	4 August 1988	29 March 1990	Chatichai Choonhavan
45 (1)	General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	45	30 March 1990	3 August 1990	Chatichai Choonhavan
44 (2,3)	General Chatichai Choonhavan	45	21 June 1990	9 December 1990	Chatichai Choonhavan
44 (2,3)	General Chatichai Choonhavan	46	14 December 1990	23 February 1991	Chatichai Choonhavan
46	Admiral Praphat Kritsanajun	47	6 March 1991	22 March 1992	Anand Panyarachun
47	General Suchinda Kraprayoon	48	17 April 1992	24 May 1992	Suchinda Kraprayoon
48	General Banjob Bunnag	49	18 June 1992	23 September 1992	Anand Panyarachun
49	General Vijit Sukmak	50	29 September 1992	13 July 1995	Chuan Leekpai
45 (2,3)	General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	51	13 July 1995	24 November 1996	Banharn Silpa-archa
45 (2,3)	General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	52	29 November 1996	8 September 1997	Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
50	Chuan Leekpai	53	14 September 1997	5 February 2001	Chuan Leekpai
45 (4)	General Chavalit Yongchaiyudh	54	17 February 2001	3 October 2002	Thaksin Shinawatra
51 (1)	General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya	54	3 October 2002	9 March 2004	Thaksin Shinawatra
52	General Chettha Thanajaro	54	10 March 2004	5 October 2004	Thaksin Shinawatra
53	General Sampan Boonyanan	54	6 October 2004	5 October 2005	Thaksin Shinawatra
51 (2)	General Thammarak Isarangkura na Ayudhaya	55	11 March 2005	19 September 2006	Thaksin Shinawatra
54	General Boonrod Somthat	56	9 October 2006	5 February 2008	Surayud Chulanont
55	Samak Sundaravej	57	6 February 2008	9 September 2008	Samak Sundaravej
56	Somchai Wongsawat	58	24 September 2008	2 December 2008	Somchai Wongsawat
57 (1)	General Prawit Wongsuwan	59	20 December 2008	9 August 2011	Abhisit Vejjajiva
58	General Yuthasak Sasiprapha	60	9 August 2011	18 January 2012	Yingluck Shinawatra
59	Air Chief Marshal Sukampol Suwannathat	60	18 January 2012	30 June 2013	Yingluck Shinawatra
60	Yingluck Shinawatra	60	30 June 2013	7 May 2014	Yingluck Shinawatra
57 (2)	General Prawit Wongsuwan	61	30 August 2014	10 July 2019	Prayut Chan-o-cha
61	General Prayut Chan-o-cha	62	10 July 2019	1 September 2023	Prayut Chan-o-cha
62	Sutin Klungsang	63	1 September 2023	Incumbent	Srettha Thavisin

Timeline

References

Barany, Zoltan (2012). The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Princeton University Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781400845491.
"Sutin back in frame for defence minister". Bangkok post. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.
"เสนาบดีและรัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม" [List of Defence Ministers] (in Thai). Ministry of Defence (Thailand). Retrieved 29 April 2021.
"The Monument of Krommaluang Prachaksinlapakhom". Tourism Authority of Thailand. Retrieved 11 May 2021.
Royal Thai Army. ผู้บัญชาการทหารบกตั้งแต่อดีตถึงปัจจุบัน [Commander-in-Chiefs of the Royal Thai Army from past to present] (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.
Royal Thai Navy. นายพลเรือเอก พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมหลวงสิงหวิกรมเกรียงไกร [Admiral HRH Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha] (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.

External links

- List of ministers – Ministry of Defence (Thailand)

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[1] Barany, Zoltan (2012). The Soldier and the Changing State: Building Democratic Armies in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. Princeton University Press. p. 193. ISBN 9781400845491.

[2] "Sutin back in frame for defence minister". Bangkok post. 29 August 2023. Retrieved 29 August 2023.

[MOD-3] "เสนาบดีและรัฐมนตรีว่าการกระทรวงกลาโหม" [List of Defence Ministers] (in Thai). Ministry of Defence (Thailand). Retrieved 29 April 2021.

[4] "The Monument of Krommaluang Prachaksinlapakhom". Tourism Authority of Thailand. Retrieved 11 May 2021.

[autogenerated1-5] Royal Thai Army. ผู้บัญชาการทหารบกตั้งแต่อดีตถึงปัจจุบัน [Commander-in-Chiefs of the Royal Thai Army from past to present] (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 21 August 2011.

[6] Royal Thai Navy. นายพลเรือเอก พระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ กรมหลวงสิงหวิกรมเกรียงไกร [Admiral HRH Prince Vudhijaya Chalermlabha] (in Thai). Archived from the original on 29 August 2012. Retrieved 10 September 2011.