Honorific-Suffix: | MPCh MWM ThCh AR |
Isarapong Noonpakdee | |
Native Name: | อิสระพงศ์ หนุนภักดี |
Native Name Lang: | th |
Office1: | Minister of Interior |
Primeminister1: | Anand Panyarachun |
Term Start1: | 6 March 1991 |
Term End1: | 22 March 1992 |
Predecessor1: | Pramarn Adireksarn |
Successor1: | Anan Klintha |
Office2: | Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army |
Term Start2: | 7 April 1992 |
Term End2: | 31 July 1992 |
Predecessor2: | Suchinda Kraprayoon |
Successor2: | Vimol Vongvanich |
Birth Date: | 20 November 1933 |
Birth Place: | Bangkok, Siam (now Bangkok, Thailand) |
Death Place: | Phramongkutklao Hospital, Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand |
Spouse: | Sumana Noonpakdee |
Allegiance: | Thailand |
Commands: | Commander-in-Chief |
Alma Mater: | Royal Military Academy |
Serviceyears: | 1958–1992 |
Isarapong Noonpakdee (20 November 1933 – 17 February 2017) (th|อิสระพงศ์ หนุนภักดี) was a Thai military officer who was Commander of the Royal Thai Army in 1992.[1]
Isarapong played a key role in the coup against the government of then Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan when he was deputy Army commander-in-chief. He became the secretary-general of the National Peacekeeping Council (NPKC) or the coup maker. Isarapong became the interior minister in the post-coup government of Anand Panyarachun. He later succeeded Suchinda Kraprayoon as Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army when Suchinda became the prime minister.
He has received the Bravery Medal in 1991.[2]