Boonsin Padklang
{{Short description|Thai military officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Lieutenant General
| name = Boonsin Padklang
| native_name = {{nobold|บุญสิน พาดกลาง}}
| native_name_lang = th
| image = Boonsin Padklang (2024).jpg
| caption = Boonsin in 2024
| office = Commander of the 2nd Army Area
| term_start = 1 October 2024
| preceded = Adul Boonthamcharoen
| succeeded =
| birth_date = {{birth based on age as of date|60|2025|06|14}}
| birth_place = Udon Thani province, Thailand
}}
Boonsin Padklang ({{Langx|th|บุญสิน พาดกลาง}}, {{RTGS|Bunsin Phatklang}}; born {{birth based on age as of date|60|2025|06|14|noage=1|slash=y}}) is a Thai military officer serving as the commander of the 2nd Army Area, which covers Northeastern Thailand.{{Cite web |date=2025-06-18 |title=2nd Army Region chief responds to Paetongtarn’s comments, says he understands and focuses on national duty |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40051416 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=nationthailand |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-14 |title=A general at ease: Lt Gen Boonsin’s quiet weekends amid Thai-Cambodian tensions |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/news/general/40051243 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=nationthailand |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-18 |title=ประวัติ "บิ๊กกุ้ง" พลโท บุญสิน พาดกลาง แม่ทัพภาคที่ 2 ผู้ปกป้องชายแดนไทย-กัมพูชา |url=https://www.sanook.com/news/9804610/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=www.sanook.com/news |language=th}}
Early life and education
Boonsin was born in Udon Thani province in {{birth based on age as of date|60|2025|06|14|noage=1}}.{{Cite web |title=Lt Gen Boonsin Padklang: Thai enforcer in new border struggle with Cambodia |url=https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/57852 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=world.thaipbs.or.th |language=en}} He attended the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy, and Royal Thai Army’s Command and General Staff College.
2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis and 2025 Thai political crisis
{{Main|2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis|Thailand–Cambodia phone call leak|2025 Thai political crisis}}
Boonsin's role in the 2025 Cambodian–Thai border crisis was criticized by Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra on a private phone call with Cambodian Senate President and former Prime Minister Hun Sen.{{Cite web |last=English |first=Khaosod |date=2025-06-18 |title=Thai PM Faces Political Crisis After Audio Leak with Hun Sen |url=https://www.khaosodenglish.com/politics/2025/06/18/thai-pm-faces-political-crisis-after-audio-leak-with-hun-sen/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2025-06-18 |title=เปิดประวัติ พล.ท.บุญสิน พาดกลาง แม่ทัพภาคที่ 2 หลังถูกพูดถึงในคลิปนายกฯ |url=https://www.thairath.co.th/news/society/2865282 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=www.thairath.co.th |language=th}} The conversation was leaked, leading to criticism of Paethongtarn's leadership.{{Cite web |title=What I do is for country and people – Lt Gen Boonsin to Paetongtarn |url=https://world.thaipbs.or.th/detail/pm-calls-lt-gen-boonsin-to-explain-her-remarks/57902 |access-date=2025-06-18 |website=world.thaipbs.or.th |language=en}} Boonsin later spoke to Paetongtarn and noted “I informed the prime minister that I had no issue with her and that I understood her,”.
Following the leak of the phone call, the Bhumjaithai Party announced its withdrawal from the coalition government.{{Cite news |last=Wongcha-um |first=Panu |last2=Thepgumpanat |first2=Panarat |date=2025-06-18 |title=Big blow for Thailand's PM as major party exits coalition |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/bhumjaithai-party-exits-thailands-coalition-government-2025-06-18/ |access-date=2025-06-18 |work=Reuters |language=en}}