Sanoh Thienthong
Sanoh Thienthong | |
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เสนาะ เทียนทอง | |
Minister of Interior | |
In office 29 November 1996 – 8 November 1997 | |
Prime Minister | Chavalit Yongchaiyudh |
Preceded by | Banharn Silpa-archa |
Succeeded by | Sanan Kachornprasart |
Secretary-general of Thai Nation Party | |
In office 17 May 1994 – 31 December 1996 | |
Preceded by | Banharn Silpa-archa |
Succeeded by | Pongpol Adireksarn |
Minister of Public Health | |
In office 13 July 1995 – 24 November 1996 | |
Prime Minister | Banharn Silpa-archa |
Preceded by | Arthit Ourairat |
Succeeded by | Montri Pongpanich |
Personal details | |
Born | Prachinburi, Thailand | 1 April 1934
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Spouse | Uraiwan Thienthong |
Alma mater | Sripatum University |
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Military service | |
Allegiance | Thailand |
Branch/service | Volunteer Defense Corps |
Rank | VDC Gen.[1] |
Sanoh Thienthong (
Education and family
Sanoh was born into a
Political career
Sanoh has an influential trucking business, his home district being located near an important checkpoint at the Thai-Cambodian border.
In 1996, Sanoh resigned from the Thai Nation Party and joined the New Aspiration Party of Chavalit Yongchaiyudh, and immediately took up the position of secretary-general. After Chavalit had won the election and become Prime Minister, he made Sanoh Minister of the Interior.[8] As a minister, Sanoh Thienthong is said to have coined the term Ya ba ("madness drug") instead of "Ya ma" ("horse drug") for the mix of methamphetamine and caffeine which used to be prevalent in Thailand.[9]
For the
After discord with Thaksin, Sanoh Thienthong left TRT on 25 February 2006. After Thaksin had dissolved the parliament, Sanoh spoke at several rallies of the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD, or "Yellow Shirts"), an anti-Thaksin pressure group. He formed a new party, called Pracharaj Party (Royalist People's Party). Sanoh became leader of the party which declared political reform and the removal of the Thaksin regime as its aims.
On 13 May 2011, he abandoned his Pracharaj Party to join the Pheu Thai Party.[12] He supported the top candidature of Yingluck Shinawatra and on 5 August, it was Sanoh who proposed her election as Prime Minister to the parliament.[13][14]
Sanoh Thienthong, who has the reputation of a behind-the-scenes powerbroker and king-maker,[15] has been dubbed "Godfather of Wang Nam Yen",[4] or "Godfather of the eastern border"[16]
Decorations
- Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the White Elephant (1986)
- Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Order of the Crown of Thailand (1994)
- Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the Order of the Direkgunabhorn (1997)
Further reading
- Noppharat Wongwitthayāphānit (2012), นักการเมืองถิ่นจังหวัดสระแก้ว [Locally based politicians in Sakaeo Province] (PDF), King Prajadhipok's Institute, ]
References
- ^ [1] [bare URL PDF]
- ^ New Wine in an Old Bottle: Female Politicians, Family Rule, and Democratization in Thailand
- ^ Phongpaichit, Pasuk; Baker, Chris (2004), Thaksin: The Business of Politics in Thailand, Copenhagen: NIAS Press, p. 83
- ^ a b c Ockey, James (2004), Making Democracy: Leadership, Class, Gender, and Political Participation in Thailand, University of Hawaii Press, p. 39
- ^ "The Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-01-29.
- ^ "The Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "The Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ "The Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ Chouvy, Pierre-Arnaud; Meissonnier, Joël (2004), Yaa Baa: Production, Traffic, and Consumption of Methamphetamine in Mainland Southeast Asia, Singapore University Press, p. xvii
- ^ "The Cabinet". Archived from the original on 2011-06-05. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ Pasuk; Baker (2004), Thaksin, p. 193
- ^ "Sanoh agrees to join Pheu Thai", Bangkok Post, 13 May 2011, retrieved 17 January 2012
- ^ Bangprapa, Mongkol (6 August 2011), "Sanoh brings down House", Bangkok Post, retrieved 17 January 2012
- ^ House voting for Thailand's new prime minister, MCOT, 5 August 2011, archived from the original on 3 September 2012, retrieved 17 January 2012
- ^ Fernquest, Jon (2 October 2007), "Political powerbroker Sanoh Thienthong repositions himself for the December elections", Bangkok Post, retrieved 17 January 2012
- ^ Ball, Desmond; Mathieson, David Scott (2007), Militia Redux: Or Sor and the Revival of Paramilitarism in Thailand, White Lotus Press, p. 283