page_title: Prem Tinsulanonda
section_title: Privy councillor and statesman (1988–2019)
hierarchical_section_title: Prem Tinsulanonda / Privy councillor and statesman (1988–2019)
caption_attribution_description: ไทย: ฯพณฯ พลเอกเปรม ติณสูลานนท์ ประธานองคมนตรี และรัฐบุรุษ ให้เกียรติเป็นประธาน เปิดงานนิทรรศการภาพวาดสีน้ำ และหนังสือ “Thailand Sketchbook” ในวันที่ 5 กันยายน พ.ศ. 2545
context_page_description: Prem Tinsulanonda was a Thai military officer, politician, and statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Thailand from 3 March 1980 to 4 August 1988, during which time he was credited with ending a communist insurgency and presiding over accelerating economic growth. As president of the Privy Council, he served as Regent of Thailand from the death of King Bhumibol Adulyadej on 13 October 2016, until the 1 December 2016 proclamation of Vajiralongkorn as King. At the age of 98, Prem was the longest-living Thai Prime Minister.
  During the Thai political crisis of the mid-2000s, he was accused by deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his supporters of masterminding the 2006 coup, as well as in the appointment of the post-coup legislature and interim government of Surayud Chulanont. The military junta that ousted Thaksin denied that Prem had any important political role.
  Prem, as the President of the Privy Council, promoted King Bhumibol's ideologies and royal projects, though he sometimes represented himself as being the voice of the king.
context_section_description: Due to political unrest in 1988, Prem dissolved parliament and called for a general election. Following the election, leaders of the winning political parties asked Prem to continue his premiership, but Prem stepped down. Consequently, Chatichai Choonhavan, head of Chart Thai Party, was chosen to be the new prime minister.
  On 29 August 1988, Prem received honored as a statesman by being the second person from Pridi Banomyong.
  On 4 September 1998, Prem was appointed to head King Bhumibol Adulyadej's Privy Council, becoming the successor to Sanya Dharmasakti.
  During the Black May, bloody political crisis in May 1992, Prem was said to have played a crucial role in ending the military suppression of the demonstrations, consulting with King Bhumibol to end the violence and bloodshed.
caption: Prem as the President of Privy Council
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