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What position did Surayud offer to General Sonthi Boonratklin before the coup?

  • Chief of Police

  • Supreme commander

  • Head of Interim Government

  • None

Answer

Surayud offered Sonthi Boonratklin no position before the coup. Surayud was the head of the Privy Council and acting prime minister. Sonthi Boonratklin was a general in the Thai Army and leader of the 2006 Thai coup d'état. The coup overthrew Thaksin Shinawatra, who was prime minister at the time.
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