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General Songkitti Jaggabatara〔Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (RTARF), ("Biography" ), ''in Thai and English''〕 ((タイ語:ทรงกิตติ จักกาบาตร์); ; born December 22, 1950) was the Chief of Defence Forces, Royal Thai Armed Forces Headquarters (CDF, RTARF) from October 1, 2008 until his retirement from active service on October 1, 2011. ==Military Life== General Songkitti was educated in many schools in various parts of Thailand before attending the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School as a pre-cadet in 1967 as a prerequiste for attending Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy (CRMA). In 1977 he graduated from CRMA as a cavalry officer. In the early years of his service, he fought in the war, in north of Thailand, with communist insergency who had begun the low intensity armed struggle in the South, North and Northeast Thailand. He also served on the Thailand-Cambodian border during 1982 when the border situation there was very tense after Vietnam invaded Cambodia in 1978.In 2003, he commanded the 4th Army Area for 6 months and became Superintendent of CRMA. Before he was appointed as Chief of Defence Forces, he was Chief of Joint Staff, RTARF. In April 2009, he was appointed by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva as the Director of Centre for the Resolution of the Emergency Situation (CRES)〔Mass Communication Organization of Thailand, (), "(タイ語:ผอ.กอฉ.ยัน จนท.จะไม่ใช้อาวุธผลักดันผู้ชุมนุม)", ''political news section'', MCOT, April 13, 2009〕 with mandate to peacefully resolve political unrest by National United Front of Democracy Against Dictatorship, also known as "Red Shirt" movement, a political pressure group supporting Thaksin Shinawatra, in Bangkok during April 2009〔Seth Mydans and Thomas Fuller, ("Thai Leader Urges Calm Amid Widening Protests" ), ''The New York Times'', April 13, 2009〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Songkitti Jaggabatara」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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