# Phin Choonhavan

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{{Short description|Thai military officer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name             = Phin Choonhavan
| native_name      = {{nobold|ผิน ชุณหะวัณ}}
| native_name_lang = th
| honorific_prefix = [Field Marshal](/source/Field_marshal_(Thailand))
| honorific_suffix = [KGC](/source/Order_of_Chula_Chom_Klao) [MPCh](/source/Order_of_the_White_Elephant) [MVM](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand)
| order            = Head of the [National Military Council](/source/National_Military_Council_of_Thailand)<br>''[De facto](/source/De_facto)'' [Acting Prime Minister of Thailand](/source/Prime_Minister_of_Thailand)
| term_start       = 8 November 1947
| term_end         = 10 November 1947
| monarch          = [Bhumibol Adulyadej](/source/Bhumibol_Adulyadej)
| predecessor      = [Thawan Thamrongnawasawat](/source/Thawan_Thamrongnawasawat)<br>{{small|(Prime Minister)}}
| successor        = [Khuang Aphaiwong](/source/Khuang_Aphaiwong)<br>{{small|(Prime Minister)}}
| order1           = [Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand)
| alongside1       = Muni Mahasantana Wechayantrangsarit<br>Boonkerd Sutantanon<br>[Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee](/source/Fuen_Ronnaphagrad_Ritthakhanee)
| predecessor1     = Sawat Sawatranachai Sawatdikiat
| successor1       = [Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee](/source/Fuen_Ronnaphagrad_Ritthakhanee)<br>[Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol](/source/Prayoon_Yuthasastrkosol)
| prime_minister1  = [Plaek Phibunsongkhram](/source/Plaek_Phibunsongkhram)
| term_start1      = 6 December 1951
| term_end1        = 19 April 1956
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| order2           = [Minister of Agriculture](/source/Ministry_of_Agriculture_and_Cooperatives_(Thailand))
| prime_minister2  = [Plaek Phibunsongkhram](/source/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](/source/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Thai_Army)
| term_start3      = 28 May 1948
| term_end3        = 23 May 1954
| predecessor3     = Adul Aduldejaraj
| successor3       = [Sarit Thanarat](/source/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](/source/Bang_Khonthi_district), [Ratchaburi](/source/Ratchaburi_province), Siam (now [Bang Khonthi](/source/Bang_Khonthi_district), [Samut Songkhram](/source/Samut_Songkhram_province), Thailand)
| death_place      = [Phramongkutklao Hospital](/source/Phramongkutklao_Hospital), [Phaya Thai](/source/Phaya_Thai_district), [Bangkok](/source/Bangkok), Thailand (now [Ratchathewi](/source/Ratchathewi_district), 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](/source/List_of_Field_Marshals_(Thailand))<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](/source/Thai_military_ranks)<br />15px [Air Chief Marshal](/source/Thai_military_ranks)<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](/source/Royal_Thai_Army)
| commands         = *[3rd infantry division Phayap Army](/source/Phayap_Army)
*[Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army](/source/List_of_commanders-in-chief_of_the_Royal_Thai_Army)
| unit             = 
| battles          = {{tree list}}
* [Boworadet Rebellion](/source/Boworadet_Rebellion)
* [World War II](/source/World_War_II) 
** [Franco-Thai War](/source/Franco-Thai_War)
** [Burma Campaign](/source/Burma_Campaign) 
{{tree list/end}}
| awards           = 
| military_blank1  = Other work
| military_data1   = Military Governor of the Shan States (1943)
| children         = 6, including [Chatichai](/source/Chatichai_Choonhavan) 
}}

'''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](/source/Deputy_Prime_Minister_of_Thailand). Phin was a leader of several [coup](/source/coup)s against the government, most notably the [1947 coup](/source/Siamese_coup_d'%C3%A9tat_of_1947). During [the Second World War](/source/World_War_II), he commanded the [Phayap Army](/source/Phayap_Army)'s 3rd Division before being made military governor of the [Shan States](/source/Shan_States), which Thailand had occupied during the [Burma Campaign](/source/Burma_Campaign).

Phin was the son of a Chinese physician, Kai ({{lang-zh|c=開}}) who migrated to Siam from [Chaoshan](/source/Chaoshan), as was the father of his wife, Lim Hong ({{lang-zh|c=林風}}), who was also an immigrant from [Chenghai](/source/Chenghai%2C_Shantou) [Shantou](/source/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](/source/Chatichai_Choonhavan), became [Prime Minister](/source/Prime_Minister) of Thailand, while his daughter, Udomlak, married [Phao Siyanon](/source/Phao_Siyanon), director general of the Thai police. Another daughter, Charoen, married [Pramarn Adireksarn](/source/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](/source/Order_of_Chula_Chom_Klao)
* 80x80px Knight Grand Cordon of the [Order of the White Elephant](/source/Order_of_the_White_Elephant)
* 80x80px Knight Grand Cordon of The [Order of the Crown of Thailand](/source/Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand)
* 80x80px Victory Medal - [Franco-Thai War](/source/Franco-Thai_War)
* 80x80px Victory Medal - [World War II](/source/World_War_II)
* 80x80px Safeguarding the Constitution Medal
* 80x80px Medal for Service Rendered in the Interior
* 80x80px Chakra Mala Medal
* 80x80px [King Rama VIII](/source/Ananda_Mahidol) Royal Cypher Medal, Second Class
* 80x80px [King Rama IX](/source/Bhumibol_Adulyadej) Royal Cypher Medal, First Class
* 80x80px [King Rama VI](/source/Vajiravudh) Coronation Medal
* 80x80px [King Rama VII](/source/Prajadhipok) Coronation Medal
* 80x80px [King Rama IX](/source/Bhumibol_Adulyadej) 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](/source/Order_of_the_Million_Elephants_and_the_White_Parasol)
* {{flag|United States}} :
** 80x80px Commander of the [Legion of Merit](/source/Legion_of_Merit)
* {{Flag|Myanmar}} :
** 80x80px Grand Commander of the [Order of Thiri Thudhamma](/source/Thiri_Thudhamma_Thingaha)

==Notes==
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==References==
<references/>
* Paul M. Handley, "[The King Never Smiles](/source/The_King_Never_Smiles)" Yale University Press: 2006, {{ISBN|0-300-10682-3}}

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