# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sonthi-boonyaratglin
# Generated: 2026-08-15T13:51:46.559Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sonthi-boonyaratglin"
name: "Sonthi Boonyaratglin"
slug: "sonthi-boonyaratglin"
description: "Sonthi Boonyaratglin is a Thai former general who was Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Army and former head of the Council for Democratic Reform, the military junta that ruled the kingdom. He was the first Muslim in charge of the army of the mostly Buddhist country. On 19 September 2006, he became the de facto head of government of Thailand after overthrowing the elected government in a coup d'état. After retiring from the Army in 2007, he became deputy prime minister, in charge of national security."
tagline: "Thai military leader and politician"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sonthi_Boonyaratglin_(cropped).png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1946-10-02"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.1496062992126
  historical:           20.19359733333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump