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Chamlong Srimuang (Thai: จำลอง ศรีเมือง; born 5 July 1935) is a Thai activist and former politician.
Chamlong Srimuang—who also was a former army general, as well as a former mayor of Bangkok and the leading lay supporter of a Buddhist fundamentalist movement—assumed the leadership of these protests. In May the army met the escalating antigovernment demonstrations with bloody repression. The king… Read More
Oct 13, 2016 · King Bhumibol brought rivals Gen Suchinda Kraprayoon (centre) and Chamlong Srimuang (left) together after unrest in 1992. The grainy footage broadcast from the Royal Palace in Bangkok on 20 May...
Chamlong Srimuang. Then Bangkok governor Chamlong Srimuang was the focus of my 1993 SOAS PhD thesis. As a pivotal figure in the politics of the early nineties, Chamlong provided a window into a range of issues that I continued to follow later: the military, Buddhism, Bangkok politics, political parties, ideology - and finally the media and ...
As the elected governor of Bangkok and a champion of democratic reforms in Thailand, CHAMLONG SRIMUANG has renewed hope among Thais that the risk is worth taking. Son of an immigrant Chinese fish vendor, CHAMLONG rose in life by dint of discipline and ambition.
Jul 24, 2017 · Chamlong Srimuang, 82, former co-leader of the anti-Thaksin People's Alliance for Democracy, arrives at the Court of Appeal on Monday to hear the verdict on the 2008 seizure of Government House...
This volume examines the career of Chamlong Srimuang, and his role in the new Thai political movements ranged in opposition to the military and bureaucracy. A celibate and vegetarian, Srimuang is best known for spearheading the mass protest which ousted Suchinda Kraprayoon from power in 1992.
