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Sonthi Boonyaratglin

1946 - Today

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Sonthi Boonyaratglin (Thai: สนธิ บุญยรัตกลิน, RTGS: Sonthi Bunyaratkalin, IPA: [sǒn.tʰíʔ bun.já.rát.kà.lin]; born 2 October 1946) is a Thai former 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sonthi Boonyaratglin has received more than 221,978 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Sonthi Boonyaratglin is the 10,305th most popular politician (up from 11,839th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Thailand (up from 51st in 2019) and the 33rd most popular Thai Politician.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.89

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Sonthi Boonyaratglin ranks 10,305 out of 19,576. Before him are Tribuno Memmo, Epitácio Pessoa, Tamás Bakócz, Bretislav III, Gabriel Almond, and Semenkare Nebnuni. After him are Princess Marie of Prussia, Charles Doolittle Walcott, Francesco I Gonzaga, Mostafa El-Nahas, Ilir Meta, and Leonid Pasechnik.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1946, Sonthi Boonyaratglin ranks 264. Before him are Camilo Sesto, Adam Michnik, Leszek Miller, Abdul Ali Mazari, Farag Foda, and Dick Wolf. After him are Jacques Tardi, Zülfü Livaneli, Arnoldo Alemán, Diane von Fürstenberg, Joseph Deiss, and Hanna Suchocka.

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In Thailand

Among people born in Thailand, Sonthi Boonyaratglin ranks 44 out of 186. Before him are Phetracha (1632), Surayud Chulanont (1943), Tony Jaa (1976), Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (1884), Ekkathat (1800), and Chuan Leekpai (1938). After him are Mangrai (1238), Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha (1958), Wan Waithayakon (1891), Buddhadasa (1906), Kukrit Pramoj (1911), and Chatichai Choonhavan (1920).

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Among POLITICIANS In Thailand

Among politicians born in Thailand, Sonthi Boonyaratglin ranks 33. Before him are Si Inthrathit (1188), Phetracha (1632), Surayud Chulanont (1943), Phraya Manopakorn Nititada (1884), Ekkathat (1800), and Chuan Leekpai (1938). After him are Mangrai (1238), Wan Waithayakon (1891), Kukrit Pramoj (1911), Chatichai Choonhavan (1920), Thanin Kraivichien (1927), and Seni Pramoj (1905).

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