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Songkitti Jaggabatara
Songkitti Jaggabatara in full dress uniform of 1st Armor Regiment, King's Guard
Native name
ทรงกิตติ จักกาบาตร์
Nickname(s)Tui (Template:Lang-th)
Born (1950-12-22) 22 December 1950 (age 73)
Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
AllegianceThailand
Service / branchRoyal Thai Army
Years of service1972–Present
RankGeneral
Commands
Battles / wars
Awards

General Songkitti Jaggabatara[4] (Template:Lang-th; RTGS: Songkitti Chakkabat; born December 22, 1950) was the Chief of Defence Forces, Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (CDF, RTARF) from October 1, 2008 until his retirement from active service on October 1, 2011.

Military Life

General Songkitti was educated in many schools in various parts of Thailand before attending the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School as a pre-cadet in 1967 as a prerequiste for attending Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA). In 1977 he graduated from CRMA as a cavalry officer. In the early years of his service, he fought in the war, in north of Thailand, with communist insergency who had begun the low intensity armed struggle in the South, North and Northeast Thailand. He also served on the Thailand-Cambodian border during 1982 when the border situation there was very tense after Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978.In 2003, he commanded the 4th Army Area for 6 months and became Superintendent of CRMA. Before he was appointed as Chief of Defence Forces, he was Chief of Joint Staff, RTARF.

In April 2009, he was appointed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva as the Director of Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES)[5] with mandate to peacefully resolve political unrest by National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship, also known as "Red Shirt" movement, a political pressure group supporting Thaksin Shinawatra, in Bangkok during April 2009[6]

Peacekeeping Mission in East Timor

General Songkitti came to international fame in 1999 when, as a Major General, he led the Thai Joint Task Force 972 Thai/East Timor as a military contingent from Thailand contributed to the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET). He was, concurrently, second in command of INTERFET while Major General Peter Cosgrove, from Australia, was the commander. In 2000, He was awarded Honorary Member (AM) in the Order of Australia in the Military Division[7] and the INTERFET MEDAL for his exceptional service to the INTERFET.

Later on November 2002, he accepted the invitation from University of Melbourne, Australia to share his views from the operations in the seminar on The Rule of Law on Peace Operations[8]

Personal life

General Songkitti Jaggabatara is married with two adult daughters and one teenage son. He lives in Bangkok.

References

  1. ^ MINDEF Singapore, "President Nathan Confers Top Military Award on Thai Chief of Defence Forces", "retrieved on March 26, 2001"
  2. ^ SINGAPORE NEWS, "Thai Chief of Defence conferred S'pore's highest military award", retrieved on March 26, 2011
  3. ^ Brunei Times, "Thai defence chief visits MinDef", retrieved on March 26, 2011
  4. ^ Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (RTARF), "Biography", in Thai and English
  5. ^ Mass Communication Organization of Thailand, [1], "Template:Lang-th", political news section, MCOT, April 13, 2009
  6. ^ Seth Mydans and Thomas Fuller, "Thai Leader Urges Calm Amid Widening Protests", The New York Times, April 13, 2009
  7. ^ Australian Minister of Defence's Media Release, "Thai General Honoured for Service in East Timor", October 6, 2000", retrieved on March 24, 2011
  8. ^ The University of Melbourne,"Media Release on Keeping the rule of law on Peace operations" University of Melbourne, Australia, retrieved on March 24, 2011
  • [2] Ministry of Finance official website "Decoration : Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Exalted Order of The White Elephant"
  • [3] Ministry of Finance official website "Decoration : Knight Grand Cordon (FIRST CLASS) of The Most Noble Order of The Crown of Thailand
  • [4] Royal Thai Armed Forces Armed Headquarters official website, Military Rank Insignia of Royal Thai Army
  • [5] Armed Force Academies Preparatory School (Template:Lang-th)
  • [6] Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (Template:Lang-th)
  • [7] Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy(Template:Lang-th)
  • [8] Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES)(Template:Lang-th)
  • [9] 4th Army Area (Template:Lang-th)
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