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About Chamlong Srimuang
Chamlong Srimuang is a Thai activist and former politician. A former general, he was a leader of the "Young Turks" military clique, founded and led the Palang Dharma Party, served for six years as governor of Bangkok, led the anti-military uprising of May 1992, and is a prominent member of the People's Alliance for Democracy, a group strongly opposed to former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. Chamlong had supported the military junta that overthrew Thaksin in a coup. A devout Buddhist and follower of the Santi Asoke sect, he is now celibate, a vegetarian, and claims to have no worldly possessions. Chamlong Srimuang received the Ramon Magsaysay Award in the category of Government Service in 1992.
Everything about Chamlong Srimuang →- Occupation
- politician, military personnel, activist
- Position held
- Governor of Bangkok, Governor of Bangkok, Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand, Secretary-General to the Prime Minister (Thailand)
- Citizenship
- Thailand
- Born
- July 5, 1935