World: How volatile is Thailand’s government, anyway? Very
- 1946 the year King Bhumibol Adulyadej took power
- 20 number of prime ministers the country has had since then
- 3.2 the average number of years the prime ministers get to server
- nine number of coups the country has had during Bhumibol’s reign source
- ยป It’s a rough system of government. In 1932, absolute monarchy ended in the country. Since then, 17 constitutions have been drafted. Only two of those allowed for entirely elected (rather than appointed) parliaments. Current Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was appointed to the job after Thaksin Shinawatra was booted from office during a corruption trial that dissolved his political party. Thaksin was protested against, too. Those protesters wore yellow.
