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The President of the Council for National Security is the head of the Council for National Security This is the name of the current military regime governing the Kingdom of Thailand following the 2006 coup d'état ousting Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Chief of the Administrative Reform Council was therefore the Head of Government in Thailand, before the junta named Surayud Chulanont the new Prime Minister of Thailand on 1 October 2006. In September 2006, following a lengthy political crisis in Thailand, members of the Royal Thai Army staged a coup détat against the government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. ... Wikinews has news related to: Thai PM Shinawatra ousted by coup Thaksin Shinawatra (Thai: , IPA: [ ; born July 26, 1949), Thai politician, is the ousted prime minister of Thailand and the leader of the populist Thai Rak Thai party. ... The head of government is the leader of the government or cabinet. ... In modern usage, junta (pronounced as in Spanish HUN-ta or HOON-ta) typically refers to a military dictatorship, especially in Latin America, which is officially run by a committee of high-ranking military officers. ... The following is a list of Prime Ministers of Thailand: Phraya Manopakorn Nititada, (1932-1933) General Phraya Phahol Pholphayuhasena, (1933-1938) Field Marshal Plaek Phibunsongkhram, (1938-1944) Major Khuang Abhaiwongse, (1944-1945) Tawee Boonyaket, (1945) Seni Pramoj, (1945) Major Khuang Abhaiwongse, (1946) Luang Praditmanutham, (1946) Rear Admiral Thawal Thamrong Navaswadhi... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Army commander General Sonthi Boonyaratglin currently holds the title. General Sonthi Boonyaratglin (Thai: ; first name also spelled Sondhi; last name also spelled Boonyaratkalin or Boonyarakarin) is Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army. ...