The first coup in Thailand took place in 1932. This coup was the result of the long-term influence of western political thought, and it also ended Thailand's monarchy for more than 600 years. The outbreak point originated from the four years from 1929 to 1932, and the world economic crisis broke out. At that time, Thailand was deeply affected by the economic crisis, production shrank and the national treasury was hollowed out. Therefore, the king had to cut staff and pay for the army, which led to sharp class contradictions and problems of different political groups. So the then Thai People's Party, with troops, staged a coup, occupied the palace and controlled important locations in various capitals of Bangkok. On the same day, the military government was established. Three days later, the then King Rama Xi Shi signed the provisional constitution drafted by the People's Party in Bangkok, thus ending the constitutional revolution of 1932. Since the Sukhothai dynasty, the monarchy of more than 600 years has been abolished. This coup weakened the idea that the royal aristocrats monopolized political power and put the king's rights under the restriction of the Constitution. A group of newcomers with western education have since stepped onto the political stage. Note that this is a very important change in the political and historical development of Thailand, because the main outline of the Constitution is the supreme right of the country, which belongs to the people. The king is the supreme leader of the country, and the people's parliament has the right to make all laws and move them after the king.
The second coup took place in 1944. At that time, the prime minister believed that Thailand's politics should be more democratic, not just ruled by soldiers. Therefore, he revised the Thai Constitution and proposed that members of the legislature should be elected by universal suffrage. During the period of 1947, the government was ruled by literati until the Rama VIII incident, which made the government strongly condemned by the military. Also, after the Prime Minister left Thailand, the civilian government actually elected a new Prime Minister, but this completely angered the military group, so the military launched a coup in 1947, and this time Thailand entered military rule, which lasted until 1973.
By the third coup in 1976, there was a brief democracy in Thailand. At that time, 654.38 million Bangkok students and people gathered in front of democracy monument, Thailand, demanding that the government release students and professors arrested for distributing leaflets advocating the formulation of a new constitution. As a result, after the military took a high degree of repression, it was divided because of internal leaders' discord. Therefore, King Bhumibol decided to intervene in mediation when the situation was serious, and the then prime minister also stepped down and fled to the United States. Later, everyone attributed this action to the Quantai Student Center and its persistence in democracy and freedom, and called it. However, three years later, the former prime minister who was deported on 1973 because of the student movement returned to Thailand, which triggered a large-scale student demonstration. Students, farmers and laborers all took part in the struggle, demanding that the government expel the former prime minister and respond to the demands of the masses within 10 days. However, two people who posted posters against the former prime minister were quickly killed by the police, which aroused the anger of the masses. Students once again launched a large-scale protest on the campus of Thailand's National Hosei University. The shooting incident highlighted the government's indifference and autocratic attitude, but at that time, the guards and the army cooperated to block the school gate and attacked college students again with high-intensity means, causing heavy casualties.
The fourth coup in 2006 is closely related to Thai politics today, because the then prime minister was overthrown by the military because of corruption, although he was supported by the people. Shortly after the military took over the political power, it returned to literati politics, but since then, there have been frequent power struggles between those who support Thaksin and those who oppose Thaksin. Later, because the Constitutional Court ruled that former elected President Yingluck was actually Thaksin's sister, she was considered to be very close to Thaksin. Therefore, during Yingluck's tenure, the infighting between the two forces almost never stopped. In fact, after the fourth military coup, the military briefly took charge of the Thai regime again, but a year later, in 2007, Abhisit was elected Prime Minister of Thailand. However, less than a year later, Abhisit's Coalition government was accused of financial problems, and it used the right to amend the constitution to help former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra who fled. Therefore, large-scale anti-government demonstrations broke out in Thailand in August 2008, and then Thai Prime Minister Abhisit declared a state of emergency in September. This incident eventually led to the small party supported by the Democratic Party and the People's Democratic Alliance coming to power, and the history of Thailand was rewritten again.
The next sixth coup took place on 20 14, which was also the closest one to us. It is worth mentioning that the Thai military has always played a very special role in these coups. 1932, the military coup led to the end of the absolute monarchy of the king. Since then, the military has become the most powerful political institution and the promoter of democracy in Thailand. After years of literati rule, the military returned to the political arena in September 2006, deposed the Prime Minister and took over the country.
Until May 20 14, after the military declared martial law, representatives of various green and red shirts attended the second round of talks convened by the military, but the talks broke down, and Thai military leader Ba Yu announced that he would forcibly take over the government. Ba Yu became prime minister, and established a military government and appointed a legislative assembly.
There is something strange about the six great tricks mentioned above! It was in this 10 year that the political situation in Thailand was turbulent, but the king of Thailand stood tall and heard like Mount Tai. Then why is this strange phenomenon in Thailand? This is because the King of Thailand has absolute rights endowed by the Constitution, including the power of appointment and removal of personnel, military command and so on. In addition, King Tai's influence on politics is also closely related. For example, the media in Thailand are forbidden to report any remarks about the royal family, which is a phenomenon not found in other constitutional monarchy countries, such as Britain or Japan. Then it was mentioned just now that the king of Thailand was in charge of the army, and so many coups were closely related to the king of Thailand. This is because the king of Thailand does not have a royal title like Britain and Japan, nor does he have military power. To put it simply, the king of Thailand is in charge of the army, while the prime minister is in charge of the country's policies and development, which makes the army dissatisfied with the government's policies and will overthrow the government through a coup. 1932 coup was the beginning. Throughout the history of Thailand after 1932, most of the coup process was that the army overthrew the government, declared to maintain order, and then the king appointed a new government. Therefore, it can be said that the king of Thailand not only did not suffer a coup, but also benefited the most from the historical story, because the army repeatedly staged coups and the Prime Minister suffered greatly.
For a long time, there have been deep social contradictions in Thailand, which have led to cycles. Social unrest in the past can only be described as non-political means. The fundamental problem in Thailand is difficult to solve, and all parties will eventually return to the political negotiation table. What do you think of the political situation in Thailand? Please leave a message below and discuss more about the Thai royal family with me.