Force Commander
BIOGRAPHICAL
DATA
NAME: BOONSRANG NIUMPRADIT
RANK: Lieutenant General, RTA.
POSITION: Superintendent of National Defence College, National Defence Studies Institutes
BRANCH OF SERVICE: Army, Artillery
DATE OF BIRTH: 15 January 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH: Suphan Buri, Thailand
NATIONALITY: Thai
RELIGION:
Buddhism
MARITAL STATUS: Married
WIFE: DR. Nucha Niumpradit
CHILDREN: None
MILITARY
EDUCATION:
Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School 1963 – 1965
Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy 1965 – 1966
Norwich University 1966 – 1967
U.S. Military Academy 1967 – 1971
RTA. Command and General Staff College 1981 – 1982
Thailand National Defence College 1993 – 1994
(The National Defence Course, Class 36)
CIVILIAN
EDUCATION:
Master
of Science in Mechanical Engineering,
Massachusetts
Institutes of Technology
1971 – 1972
Doctorate
Degree of Engineering in Structural
and
Mechanical Engineering , Asian Institute
of
Technology
1974 - 1978
MILITARY
ASSIGNMENTS:
Instructor of Engineering Mechanical Department,
Chulachomklao
Royal Military Academy
1973 – 1978
Aide-de-camp to RTA. Deputy Commander-in-Chief 1978 – 1980
Chief of Planning Section, Artillery Center 1982 – 1983
Command of 31st Artillery Battalion 1983 – 1986
Director of Artillery Tactics 1986 – 1989
Staff Officer to RTA. Assistant Commander-in-Chief 1986 – 1989
Staff Officer to Deputy Supreme Commander 1989 – 1991
Director
of Strategic Research Institute,
National
Defence Studies Institute
1991 – 1996
Deputy Director of Joint Operations (J-3) 1996
Advisor of National Defence Studies Institute,
Acting Staff Officer to the Supreme Commander 1996 – 1997
Command
to Joint Staff College,
National Defence Studies Institutes 1997 – 1999
Superintendent of national Defence College, 1999 – 2000
Force Commander PKF UNTAET 2000 -
OTHERS: President of West Point Society of Thailand 2000 –
HOBBY: Reading
SPORTS:
Golf, Jogging