Volume 37, February, 1991 Thailand, Page 38003
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Feb 1991 - Military coup
The armed forces toppled the elected government of Maj.- Gen. Chatichai Choonhaven in a bloodless coup on Feb. 23. Chatichai, leader of the Chart Thai Party and a member of the House of Representatives, had served as Prime Minister since 1988.
The coup was the 17th successful intervention by the military since the removal of the absolute monarchy in 1932, but the first since in 1977. A group of young officers had failed twice, in 1981 and 1985, to overthrow the government of Gen. Prem Tinsulanonda.
The Feb. 23 coup came after months of increasing tension between the military and the Chatichai government.
In June 1990 Gen. Chaovalit Yongchaiyut, the former Army C.-in-C., resigned as Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister after a dispute with Police Capt. Chalerm Yubamrung, a Minister attached to the Prime Minister's Office. Chatichai resisted pressure from the military to dismiss Chalerm. The armed forces were further alarmed in August ...

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