Apirat Kongsompong

Apirat was born in Bangkok on 23 March 1960. He is the eldest son of General Sunthorn Kongsompong (the former Supreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces and the Chairman of the National Peacekeeping Council), and Colonel Khunying Orachorn Kongsompong. He has a younger brother, Major General Nattaporn Kongsompong (retired). Apirat completed his primary and part of secondary education at St. Gabriel's College. He later attended the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (Class 20) and went on to attend Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (Class 31) where he graduated in 1985.

After that he studied a Master of Business Administration, Southeastern University Washington DC.,USA.

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General Apirat received a commission as an army officer upon graduation from Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy in 1985. He served as a pilot at the Army Aviation Center at the beginning of his military career. He completed UH-1H Maintenance/Test Pilot Training at Fort Eustis, Virginia, USA. He also completed the AH-1H (Cobra) Pilot Training Course at Fort Rucker, Alabama, USA. Apirat is also a graduate of Infantry Officer Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, USA. In October 1990, Apirat was appointed Assistant Logistics Officer at the Royal Thai Army Defense Attache Office in Washington D.C.

General Apirat commanded 2nd Battalion, 11th Infantry Regiment, King's Guard in Bangkok. He went on to command 11th Infantry Regiment King's Guard.{{Cite web|url=https://www.newmandala.org/two-soldiers/|title=Two soldiers|date=January 31, 2010|access-date=September 6, 2021|archive-date=September 6, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906080909/https://www.newmandala.org/two-soldiers/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://pattayatoday.net/news/show-of-strength-to-protect-monarchy/ |title=Show of strength to protect monarchy |access-date=2017-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025133903/http://pattayatoday.net/news/show-of-strength-to-protect-monarchy/ |archive-date=2017-10-25 |url-status=dead }}{{full citation needed|date=February 2020}} He served as the Commanding General of 11th Infantry Division in Chachoengsao Province. He went on to serve as the Commanding General of 15th Military Circle in Petchaburi Province. Apirat commanded 1st Division, King's Guard{{Cite web|url=http://www.thaitribune.org/contents/detail/112?content_id=1191|title=Military top brass transfers imply the future of Thai politics|first=Thai|last=Tribune|website=www.thaitribune.org|access-date=2017-10-25|archive-date=2017-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025184931/http://www.thaitribune.org/contents/detail/112?content_id=1191|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/news/detail/572428|title=โปรดเกล้าฯโยกย้าย203นายทหารแล้ว|website=www.bangkokbiznews.com/|date=31 March 2014 |access-date=2021-09-06|archive-date=2021-09-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210906080900/https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/news/detail/572428|url-status=live}} in Bangkok. In 2016, General Apirat was appointed the Commanding General of the 1st Army Area.{{Cite web|url=https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Thai-military-maneuvers-to-stay-on-top|title=Thai military maneuvers to stay on top|website=Nikkei Asia|access-date=2017-10-25|archive-date=2017-09-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908105659/https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics-Economy/Policy-Politics/Thai-military-maneuvers-to-stay-on-top|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.fortbenningphotos.com/Maneuver-Center/Departments/Public-Affairs-Office/VIP-Group-Visits/2017-VIP-and-Group-Visits/2017-03-06-1st-Army-Area-Royal-Thai-Army-Visit/ |title=1st Army Area Royal Thai Army Visit |access-date=2017-10-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023163458/http://www.fortbenningphotos.com/Maneuver-Center/Departments/Public-Affairs-Office/VIP-Group-Visits/2017-VIP-and-Group-Visits/2017-03-06-1st-Army-Area-Royal-Thai-Army-Visit/ |archive-date=2018-10-23 |url-status=dead }}[http://www.nwguardian.com/2017/03/16/v-print/27090/royal-thai-army-visits-i-corps.html Royal Thai Army visits I Corps] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025132446/http://www.nwguardian.com/2017/03/16/v-print/27090/royal-thai-army-visits-i-corps.html |date=2017-10-25 }}{{full citation needed|date=February 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.army.mil/article/184272/royal_thai_army_visits_i_corps_learns_all_about_strykers|title=Royal Thai Army visits I Corps, learns all about Strykers|website=www.army.mil|access-date=2017-10-25|archive-date=2017-10-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025184718/https://www.army.mil/article/184272/royal_thai_army_visits_i_corps_learns_all_about_strykers|url-status=live}} He was promoted to Assistant Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army in 2017. General Apirat was appointed the Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army in 2018 which he would command the Royal Thai Army until his retirement in September 2020.

Apirat's deployment experience includes anti-communist operations in 1986. He served as the Commander of Task Force 14 which conducted counter-insurgency operations in Yala Province in 2004.

Apirat is associated with the military clique Wong Thewan, in turn associated with the 1st Division, the King's Guard.{{cite news |last1=Nanuam |first1=Wassana |title=Army reshuffle sees loyalists appointed |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1532774/army-reshuffle-sees-loyalists-appointed |access-date=3 September 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=3 September 2018 |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202191744/https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1532774/army-reshuffle-sees-loyalists-appointed |url-status=live }} While Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and his deputy, Prawit Wongsuwon are members of the rival 2nd Division clique, Burapha Phayak ('tigers of the east'), Apirat is known to have close ties with them.

Barely a month into his tenure as army chief, Apirat created a media firestorm with his comments on the necessity for military intervention in Thai politics should turmoil surface.{{cite news |last1=Achakulwisut |first1=Apinya |title=Army at the centre of our vicious circle |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1562978/army-at-the-centre-of-our-vicious-circle |access-date=23 October 2018 |work=Bangkok Post |date=23 October 2018 |department=Opinion |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202191726/https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1562978/army-at-the-centre-of-our-vicious-circle |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=The CURSE of an Army always ready to pounce |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/opinion/30356989 |access-date=23 October 2018 |work=The Nation |date=23 October 2018 |department=Opinion |archive-date=23 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023001032/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/opinion/30356989 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Ehrlich |first1=Richard S |title=Thai military leader's plan for regime election loss: Unleash coup to quell 'riots' |url=https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/22/thailand-military-coup-threatened-if-regime-loses-/ |access-date=24 October 2018 |work=Washington Times |date=22 October 2018 |archive-date=24 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181024102708/https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/22/thailand-military-coup-threatened-if-regime-loses-/ |url-status=live }}

In October 2019, Gen. Apirat host the special sermon about propaganda in Thailand. As the National security officer, Gen. Apirat heavily concerned about digital propaganda via social media because of the hasty widespread the idea of communist or extreme left which is hard to identify.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/1770064/army-chief-monarchy-military-people-inseparable|title = Army chief: Monarchy, military, people inseparable|newspaper = Bangkok Post}} Unfortunately, this mentioned idea is led to overthrow the monarchy which trend to influenced by protests in Hong Kong and define this operation as a “Hybrid Warfare” to destroy the foundation of the state.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thaipbsworld.com/army-chief-gen-apirat-warns-thailand-is-facing-hybrid-warfare/|title=Army chief Gen Apirat warns Thailand is facing "hybrid warfare"|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713125206/https://www.thaipbsworld.com/army-chief-gen-apirat-warns-thailand-is-facing-hybrid-warfare/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/politics/detail/9620000098088|title="บิ๊กป้อม" แจง ผบ.ทบ.บรรยายพิเศษความมั่นคง เพราะต้องการเล่าสิ่งที่กองทัพบกทำมา|date=11 October 2019|access-date=13 July 2020|archive-date=15 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200715120329/https://mgronline.com/politics/detail/9620000098088|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/47897|title=ซูฮกบิ๊กแดง'หมอเหรียญทอง'ลั่นกองทัพไทยต้องไม่เป็นกลางและไม่นิ่งเฉยต่อพวกบ้าคลั่งปชต.|website=Thai Post | อิสรภาพแห่งความคิด|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713054839/https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/47897|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/47940|title="ธนกร"มั่นใจ"บิ๊กแดง"พูดเพราะห่วงบ้านเมือง|website=Thai Post | อิสรภาพแห่งความคิด|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-07-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717051705/https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/47940|url-status=live}}

In October 2019, Apriat warned in a speech to military officers, policemen, and uniformed students that, "Propaganda in Thailand is severe and worrying. There is a group of communists who still have ideas to overthrow the monarchy, to turn Thailand to communism..."{{cite news |last1=Tanakasempipat |first1=Patpicha |title=Thai army chief decries opposition, hints at threat to monarchy |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-military/thai-army-chief-decries-opposition-hints-at-threat-to-monarchy-idUSKBN1WQ0WN |access-date=11 October 2019 |work=Reuters |date=11 October 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191011083029/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-thailand-military/thai-army-chief-decries-opposition-hints-at-threat-to-monarchy-idUSKBN1WQ0WN |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Nanuam |first1=Wassana |title=Army chief: Monarchy, military, people inseparable |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/politics/1770064/army-chief-monarchy-military-people-inseparable |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |agency=Reuters |date=11 October 2019}} His performance prompted the Bangkok Post to remark, "It was 'a lecture' that should never have been given by any army chief, for its combination of accusations against 'the left' and young people, and sensational and biased political messages."{{cite news |title=Apirat speech sends chill |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1770384/apirat-speech-sends-chill#cxrecs_s |access-date=12 October 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=12 October 2019 |department=Opinion |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202191728/https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1770384/apirat-speech-sends-chill#cxrecs_s |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Wangkiat |first1=Paritta |title=Apirat out of touch with modern reality |url=https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1771469/apirat-out-of-touch-with-modern-reality |access-date=14 October 2019 |work=Bangkok Post |date=14 October 2019 |department=Opinion |archive-date=2 December 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202191736/https://www.bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinion/1771469/apirat-out-of-touch-with-modern-reality |url-status=live }} The speech prompted one analyst to urge that rival factions end the "enemy mindset".{{cite news |last1=Khidhir |first1=Sheith |title=Is Thailand risking another massacre? |url=https://theaseanpost.com/article/thailand-risking-another-massacre |access-date=20 October 2019 |work=The ASEAN Post |date=19 October 2019 |archive-date=20 October 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191020104250/https://theaseanpost.com/article/thailand-risking-another-massacre |url-status=live }} His comments sparked criticism online for being a partisan bureaucrat.{{cite news|title= Authoritarians anonymous: Thailand's generals fret about Hong Kong's protests|url= https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/10/11/thailands-generals-fret-about-hong-kongs-protests|format= Online|agency= The Economist|date= 11 October 2019|access-date= 2020-05-26|archive-date= 2020-10-23|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20201023063045/https://www.economist.com/asia/2019/10/11/thailands-generals-fret-about-hong-kongs-protests|url-status= live}}

Gen. Apirat provided the urgent policy to detect and solve the difficulty on the welfare for the officer of Royal Thai Army.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/57851|title=ทบ.ตั้งคณะกรรมการตรวจสอบกิจการสวัสดิการ คลี่คลายข้อสงสัย-ยกมาตรฐานให้ดีขึ้น|website=Thai Post | อิสรภาพแห่งความคิด|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713054829/https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/57851|url-status=live}} Gen. Apirat founded the direct call centre for officers who has obstacles to provide confidential information to Commander in chief directly. Moreover, due to Nakhon Ratchasima shootings in 2020 caused by the welfare housing system, Gen. Apirat established the investigation committee to examine the source of obstacle and find the solution and to include provide remedy for the victim.{{Cite web|url = https://www.springnews.co.th/thailand/619587|title = เปิด "สายตรง ผบ.ทบ." 02-018-7330|date = 19 February 2020|access-date = 13 July 2020|archive-date = 16 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200716125010/https://www.springnews.co.th/thailand/619587|url-status = live}} The hot line provided valuable evidence that lead to the undercover problem in Royal Thai Army, to be processed further by the specialist organization such as the office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/67820|title=ทีมโฆษกกองทัพบกเปิดลำดับเหตุการณ์ 'หมู่อาร์ม' ร้องสายตรงบิ๊กแดง สอบ 3 นายพลเอี่ยวอมเบี้ยเลี้ยง|website=Thai Post | อิสรภาพแห่งความคิด|access-date=2020-07-13|archive-date=2020-07-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713094837/https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/67820|url-status=live}}

After Nakhon Ratchasima shootings in 2020, in which the perpetrator cited corruption in the army as motives, he as the army chief created an anonymous complaint hotline program on 17 February 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.naewna.com/politic/472412|title=ผวาทั้งบาง!'บิ๊กแดง'ประกาศเอาจริง ลุย'ปฏิรูปกองทัพ'เต็มสูบ เดี๋ยวมีเลย์ออฟ|date=12 February 2020 |access-date=2020-07-03|archive-date=2020-07-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701040812/https://www.naewna.com/politic/472412|url-status=live}} However, some media reported no concrete achievements.{{Cite web |url=https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_313064 |title=เปิดไทม์ไลน์ "หมู่อาร์ม" บทพิสูจน์ปฏิรูปกองทัพ หลังออกมาแฉอมเบี้ยเลี้ยง กลับถูกสอบผิดหนีทหาร บิ๊กแดงยันทำตามขั้นตอน |date=8 June 2020 |access-date=2020-07-03 |archive-date=2020-09-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200916134356/https://www.matichonweekly.com/column/article_313064 |url-status=live }} Later in April, an army sergeant filed a complaint about another corruption in the army via the program, but he was retaliated.[https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/67746 จาก'จ่าคลั่ง'สู่'หมู่อาร์ม' กับคำสัญญา'ปฏิรูปกองทัพ'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200703122806/https://www.thaipost.net/main/detail/67746 |date=2020-07-03 }} ไทยโพสต์.{{Cite web|url = https://www.khaosod.co.th/live-from-the-scene/news_4262538|title = เปิดคำให้การหมู่อาร์มแฉอมเบี้ยเลี้ยงในกองทัพกลับโดน-คดีหนีทหาร|date = 6 June 2020|access-date = 3 July 2020|archive-date = 2 July 2020|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200702101634/https://www.khaosod.co.th/live-from-the-scene/news_4262538|url-status = live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.amarintv.com/news/detail/33193|title="หมู่อาร์ม" ลั่นพร้อมขึ้นศาล ถาม "บิ๊กแดง" คืนความยุติธรรมให้ได้หรือไม่|date=2 June 2020|access-date=3 July 2020|archive-date=2 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702223641/https://www.amarintv.com/news/detail/33193|url-status=live}}

In July 2020, Sereepisuth Temeeyaves, a former police chief and leader of an opposition party Seree Ruam Thai, condemned Apirat's intervention in politics.{{Cite web|date=25 July 2020|title="เสรีพิศุทธ์" เตือน ผบ.ทบ. "อย่ายุ่งม็อบ นศ." ไล่ รีบๆเกษียณอายุราชการไปเสีย|url=https://www.posttoday.com/politic/news/629224|access-date=2020-07-26|website=Post Today|language=th|archive-date=2020-07-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725185143/https://www.posttoday.com/politic/news/629224|url-status=live}}

After the coup d'état in 2014, General Apirat was appointed as Member of the National Legislative Assembly where he served in of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Local Government Commission. When General Apirat took the office of the Commander in Chief of the Royal Thai Army in 2018, he was appointed the Secretary of the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO). Following the general election in 2019, Gen Apirat was appointed to the Senate where he remained in office until his retirement from the military in 2020.

Apart from military and political positions, General Apirat held several important positions in the government and private sectors. In 2000, he was appointed as a member of the Board of Directors of Expressway Authority of Thailand. In 2002, he was appointed to National Science and Technology Development Agency Governing Board.

In 2014, General Apirat was appointed to the board of directors of Bangchak Corporation as an independent director with authorized signature. In the following year, he was appointed as chairman of the board, board of directors of the Government Lottery Office. In the same year, he served as an advisor to the Office of Small and Medium Enterprises Promotion. General Apirat also served as a director on the board of directors of TMBThanachart Bank Public Company Limited.

General Apirat was retired from his military position on 30 September 2020. In the same year, His Majesty the King appointed General Apirat as the vice-chamberlain of the Bureau of the Royal Household and the deputy director of the Crown Property Bureau.{{cite web | url=https://www.pptvhd36.com/news/%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%99/133236 | title=ในหลวง โปรดเกล้าฯ โอน "บิ๊กแดง-ณรัชต์" เป็นรองเลขาธิการพระราชวัง | date=15 September 2020 }}{{cite web | url=https://www.prachachat.net/politics/news-521611 | title=โปรดเกล้าฯ "บิ๊กแดง-ณรัชต์" เป็นข้าราชการในพระองค์ ตำแหน่งรองเลขาธิการพระราชวัง | date=15 September 2020 }} Since 2024, he resign from any position in royal careers due to health problem.[https://www.matichon.co.th/politics/news_4783436 โปรดเกล้าฯ ให้ พล.อ.อภิรัชต์ คงสมพงษ์ พ้นจากการปฏิบัติหน้าที่นายทหารพิเศษ... อ่านข่าวต้นฉบับได้ที่ : https://www.matichon.co.th/politics/news_4783436][https://www.thansettakij.com/politics/606302 ประวัติและเส้นทางชีวิต "บิ๊กแดง-พลเอก อภิรัชต์ คงสมพงษ์"]

General Apirat is married to Associate Professor Dr. Kritika Kongsompong, a lecturer at SASIN (Chulalongkorn University) and the former host of the Weakest Link show on Channel 3 Thailand. They have two sons: Major Pirapong Kongsompong and Nadthadon Kongsompong, and a daughter: Major Amarat Kongsompong (MD).

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• 70x70px King Vajiralongkorn's Royal Cypher Medal, 3rd Class

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• 2020 - 70px Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor{{Cite web |url=https://rta.mi.th/rta_website_v2/index.php/component/k2/item/240-2020-02-02-15-52-01 |title=พลเอก อภิรัชต์ คงสมพงษ์ ผู้บัญชาการทหารบก เข้าเฝ้าทูลละอองพระบาทสุลต่านอิบราฮิม อิสมาอิล สุลต่านแห่งรัฐยะโฮร์ |access-date=2020-05-27 |archive-date=2020-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808063354/https://rta.mi.th/rta_website_v2/index.php/component/k2/item/240-2020-02-02-15-52-01 |url-status=live }}{{full citation needed|date=May 2020}}
• {{flag|United States}}:
• 2020 - 70px Commander of the Legion of Merit{{Cite web |url=https://rta.mi.th/rta_website_v2/index.php/all-news/item/397 |title=ผู้บัญชาการทหารบกได้รับเครื่องอิสริยาภรณ์ เดอะ ลีเจียน ออฟ เมอริท ชั้น คอมมานเดอร์ (The Legion of Merits (Degree of Commander)) จากรัฐบาลสหรัฐอเมริกา |access-date=2020-05-27 |archive-date=2020-08-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808060241/https://rta.mi.th/rta_website_v2/index.php/all-news/item/397 |url-status=live }}{{full citation needed|date=May 2020}}
• {{flag|Cambodia}}:
• 2022 - 70x70px Grand Cross of the Royal Order of Sahametrei
• {{flag|Singapore}}:
• 2020 - 70x70px Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)

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Category:Living people

Category:1960 births

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Category:Southeastern University (Washington, D.C.) alumni

Category:Recipients of the Pingat Jasa Gemilang (Tentera)