Udomdej Sitabutr

Udomdej Sitabutr
Udomdej Sitabutr
อุดมเดช สีตบุตร
	Udomdej Sitabutr at Asia Security Summit in 2017
Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army
	In office; 1 October 2014 – 30 September 2015
Preceded by	Prayut Chan-o-cha
Succeeded by	Thirachai Nakwanich
Deputy Ministry of Defence
	In office; 2014–2017
Preceded by	Yuthasak Sasiprapha
Succeeded by
Personal details
Born	15 August 1955 (age 66); Bangkok, Thailand
Spouse(s)	Vidapa Sitabutr
Military service
Allegiance	Thailand
Branch/service	Royal Thai Army
Years of service	1978–2015
Rank	General
Commands	Commander in Chief (Army)

Udomdej Sitabutr (Thai: อุดมเดช สีตบุตร, born 15 August 1955) is a Thai military officer. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army from 2014 to 2015.^[1]

Education[]

Saint Gabriel's College
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (Class 14)
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (Class 25)
Command and General Staff College (Class 65)
National Defence College (Class 57)

Career[]

Sitabutr succeeded Prayuth Chan-ocha, who in May 2014, had seized power in a coup d'état.

He concurrently served as Secretary-General of the junta, the National Council for Peace and Order. During his tenure he was implicated in the Rajabhakti Park scandal, having overseen its construction as Chairman of the Rajabhakti Foundation.^[2]^[3]

Udomdej retired in 2015 and was succeeded by Theerachai Nakvanich, with whom he had had a long-running feud.^[4]

Early life[]

He is the youngest of six children. One of his older siblings, Paisarn Sitabutr, is himself a retired Air Chief Marshal in the Royal Thai Air Force and a member of the National Legislative Assembly.

References[]

^ Nanuam, Wassana (25 August 2015). "Gen Thirachai named as new army chief". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
^ ""พล.อ.อุดมเดช" รับมีเรียกหัวคิวอุทยานราชภักดิ์". Thai PBS (in th-TH). 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2018-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
^ Ltd.Thailand, VOICE TV. "Voice TV 21". VoiceTV. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
^ Nanuam, Wassana (6 October 2015). "Long-running rift between Theerachai, Udomdej flares". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[BK_post-1] Nanuam, Wassana (25 August 2015). "Gen Thirachai named as new army chief". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

[2] ""พล.อ.อุดมเดช" รับมีเรียกหัวคิวอุทยานราชภักดิ์". Thai PBS (in th-TH). 2015-11-10. Retrieved 2018-11-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)

[3] Ltd.Thailand, VOICE TV. "Voice TV 21". VoiceTV. Retrieved 2018-11-02.

[Udomdej_na_Thirachai-4] Nanuam, Wassana (6 October 2015). "Long-running rift between Theerachai, Udomdej flares". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 6 October 2018.

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