{{Short description|Thai military officer}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Phin Choonhavan | native_name = {{nobold|ผิน ชุณหะวัณ}} | native_name_lang = th | honorific_prefix = Field Marshal | honorific_suffix = KGC MPCh MVM | order = Head of the National Military Council<br>''De facto'' Acting Prime Minister of Thailand | term_start = 8 November 1947 | term_end = 10 November 1947 | monarch = Bhumibol Adulyadej | predecessor = Thawan Thamrongnawasawat<br>{{small|(Prime Minister)}} | successor = Khuang Aphaiwong<br>{{small|(Prime Minister)}} | order1 = Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | alongside1 = Muni Mahasantana Wechayantrangsarit<br>Boonkerd Sutantanon<br>Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee | predecessor1 = Sawat Sawatranachai Sawatdikiat | successor1 = Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee<br>Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol | prime_minister1 = Plaek Phibunsongkhram | term_start1 = 6 December 1951 | term_end1 = 19 April 1956 <!----------ตำแหน่ง1----------> | order2 = Minister of Agriculture | prime_minister2 = Plaek Phibunsongkhram | term_start2 = 12 December 1953 | term_end2 = 16 September 1957 | predecessor2 = Pisan Sunavinvivat | successor2 = Wiboon Thambutra | order3 = 15th Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army | term_start3 = 28 May 1948 | term_end3 = 23 May 1954 | predecessor3 = Adul Aduldejaraj | successor3 = Sarit Thanarat | birth_name = Phin{{efn|At that time, Thais did not have surnames.}} | birth_date = {{birth date|1891|08|14|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|1973|01|26|1891|08|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = Si Muen, Ratchaburi, Siam (now Bang Khonthi, Samut Songkhram, Thailand) | death_place = Phramongkutklao Hospital, Phaya Thai, Bangkok, Thailand (now Ratchathewi, Bangkok, Thailand) | image = Phin Choonhavan.jpg | caption = Choonhavan in 1953 | nickname = | signature = Signature of Phin Choonhavan.png | allegiance = {{flag|Thailand}} | service_years = | rank = 15px Field Marshal<ref>{{Cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814192821/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2496/D/023/1524.PDF | archive-date=2016-08-14 | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2496/D/023/1524.PDF | title=มีพระบรมราชโองการโปรดเกล้าฯ พระราชทานยศทหารให้ พันโท หลวงบุรกรรมโกวิท (ล้อม บรกรรมโกวิท) เป็น พนเอก ตั้งแต่บัดนเป็นต้นไป | language=th | trans-title=A Royal Decree has been issued granting the military rank of Colonel to Lieutenant Colonel Luang Burakamkovit (Lom Burakamkovit), effective immediately}}</ref><br />15px Admiral<br />15px Air Chief Marshal<ref>{{Cite web | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810173656/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2495/D/026/1023_1.PDF | title=ด้วย ร้อยเอกชวน อินทรเสน นายทหารกองหนนมเบี้ยหวัดสังกัด กองทัพบก ได้ต้องหาในคตอาญาฐานใช้แสตมปสราปลอม ศาอ ฎกาได้พิพากษาให้จาคุก | language=th | trans-title=Captain Chuan Inthrasen, a retired army officer, was charged with using forged stamps, and the Supreme Court sentenced him to imprisonment | archive-date=2018-08-10 | url=http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2495/D/026/1023_1.PDF}}</ref> | branch = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg}} Royal Thai Army | commands = *3rd infantry division Phayap Army *Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army | unit = | battles = {{tree list}} * Boworadet Rebellion * World War II ** Franco-Thai War ** Burma Campaign {{tree list/end}} | awards = | military_blank1 = Other work | military_data1 = Military Governor of the Shan States (1943) | children = 6, including Chatichai }}
'''Phin Choonhavan''' ({{langx|th|ผิน ชุณหะวัณ}}; {{RTGS|Phin Chunhawan}}; 14 August 1891 – 26 January 1973) was a Thai military leader and Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand. Phin was a leader of several coups against the government, most notably the 1947 coup. During the Second World War, he commanded the Phayap Army's 3rd Division before being made military governor of the Shan States, which Thailand had occupied during the Burma Campaign.
Phin was the son of a Chinese physician, Kai ({{lang-zh|c=開}}) who migrated to Siam from Chaoshan, as was the father of his wife, Lim Hong ({{lang-zh|c=林風}}), who was also an immigrant from Chenghai Shantou.<ref>{{cite book|title=泰国华侨华人研究|author=[泰国] 洪林, 黎道纲主编|publisher=香港社会科学出版社有限公司|date=April 2006|isbn=962-620-127-4|page=18}}</ref> His son, Chatichai Choonhavan, became Prime Minister of Thailand, while his daughter, Udomlak, married Phao Siyanon, director general of the Thai police. Another daughter, Charoen, married Pramarn Adireksarn, who served as deputy prime minister in several governments.
== Honours == === National honours === * 80x80px Knight Grand Cross of the Order of Chula Chom Klao * 80x80px Knight Grand Cordon of the Order of the White Elephant * 80x80px Knight Grand Cordon of The Order of the Crown of Thailand * 80x80px Victory Medal - Franco-Thai War * 80x80px Victory Medal - World War II * 80x80px Safeguarding the Constitution Medal * 80x80px Medal for Service Rendered in the Interior * 80x80px Chakra Mala Medal * 80x80px King Rama VIII Royal Cypher Medal, Second Class * 80x80px King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal, First Class * 80x80px King Rama VI Coronation Medal * 80x80px King Rama VII Coronation Medal * 80x80px King Rama IX Coronation Medal * 80x80px 150 Years Commemoration of Bangkok Medal * 80x80px 25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal
=== Foreign honours === * {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}} : ** 80x80px Grand Cross of the Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol * {{flag|United States}} : ** 80x80px Commander of the Legion of Merit * {{Flag|Myanmar}} : ** 80x80px Grand Commander of the Order of Thiri Thudhamma
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==References== <references/> * Paul M. Handley, "The King Never Smiles" Yale University Press: 2006, {{ISBN|0-300-10682-3}}
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