Thanom Kittikachorn

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Field Marshal Thanom Kittikachorn (Thai: ถนอม กิตติขจร, 11 August 1911 – 16 June 2004) was a military dictator of Thailand. A staunch anti-communist, Thanom oversaw a decade of military rule in Thailand from 1963 to 1973, during which he staged a self-coup, until public protests which exploded into violence forced him to step down. His return from exile in 1976 sparked protests which led to a massacre of demonstrators, followed by a military coup.

14 October Incidents

After Thanom's autocoup in 17 November 1971, so the students and citizens look that he's inheriting power from Sarit Thanarat's regime, In addition, he's retiring because he's going to 60 years old. but he expanded his official age as commander-in-chief of armed forces and Prapras Jarusathien, one's of his in government, was promoted to field marshal without his acceptance, including domestic corruption, that displeases students and people.

Until the announcement of Constitution of Thailand in 1972 and already take effect and in National Assembly have conclusion that Thanom continued to become a Prime minister, so that's not beyond the expectation of ambition without correction in democracy principles.

Thanom resigned from Prime minister from 14 October incidents in 1973, because the government used the weapons such rifles to crackdown on protestors who demand constitution, that make many casualties, from this incidents, making the power to pressure Thanom to resign as Prime minister, total duration of military dictatorship who become Prime minister is 10 years and 6 months, after that, Thanom's assets was confiscated from much corruptions.

After Thammasat University massacre

In October 1976, Thanom returned to Thailand in the robes of a novice monk, to stay at Bangkok's Wat Bowonniwet. Even though he announced he had no desire to enter politics, his return triggered student protests, which eventually moved onto the campus of Thammasat University. This was only a year after South Vietnam and Thailand's neighbors Laos and Cambodia had fallen to the communists, and right-wing Thais suspected the protesters wished the same fate for their own country. On 6 October 1976, right-wing militants, aided by government security forces, stormed the Thammasat campus, violently broke up the protests, and killed many protesters. That evening, the military seized power from the elected civilian government of Democrat MR Seni Pramoj and installed hard-line royalist Thanin Kraivichien as premier.

Thanom soon left the monkhood, but he kept his word never to take part in politics again. Late in his life, he attempted to rehabilitate his tarnished image and recover properties seized when his government was overthrown.