2018 in Thailand

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See also:	Other events of 2018 Timeline of Thai history

The year 2018 was the 237th year of the Rattanakosin Kingdom of Thailand. It was the 3rd year in the reign of King Vajiralongkorn (Rama X), and was the year 2561 in the Buddhist Era.

Incumbents

• King: Vajiralongkorn
• Prime Minister: Prayut Chan-o-cha
• Supreme Patriarch: Ariyavongsagatanana VIII

Events

• 29 April – Protesters rally against a housing project for Ministry of Justice government officials in Chiang Mai, which was seen as encroaching on forest land. ^{[1] [2]}
• 22 May – Protests against the military rule mark the fourth anniversary of the 2014 Thai coup d'état. ^{[3] [4]}
• 18 June – Thailand executes a prisoner convicted of murder in its first execution in nine years and the man was the country's seventh person to be executed by means of lethal injection. ^[5]
• 23 June onwards – Tham Luang cave rescue
• 5 July – 2018 Phuket boat capsizing
• 17 December – Miss Universe 2018

Deaths

Chartchai Chionoi

• 21 January – Chartchai Chionoi, boxer, WBC world champion and WBA world champion in flyweight (b. 1942). ^[6]
• 6 July – Saman Gunan, diver, participant in Tham Luang cave rescue. ^[7]
• 6 August – Nat Indrapana, IOC Member in Thailand.
• 27 October – Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha, 60, duty-free retailer (King Power) and football club owner Leicester City), helicopter crash. ^[8]

References

1. "Thailand: hundreds stage largest protest since start of military rule". TheGuardian.com . The Guardian. 29 April 2018.
2. "Thailand protesters in rare rally over Chiang Mai development". BBC News. BBC. 29 April 2018.
3. "Thai protesters prepare to march in Bangkok to demand an election". CNBC . CBC News. 21 May 2018.
4. "Police arrest protesters marking fourth year of Thai junta rule". StraitsTimes. May 22, 2018.
5. กองบรรณาธิการวอยซ์ออนไลน์ (2018-06-18). "ความตายในรอบ 9 ปี 'ราชทัณฑ์' ประหารชีวิตนักโทษชาย คดีฆ่าชิงทรัพย์". Voice (in Thai). Bangkok. Retrieved 2018-06-18.
6. "Ex-champion Chartchai Chionoi dies". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
7. Thai cave rescuers face race against time as oxygen levels drop
8. "Leicester City helicopter crash: Who were the victims". BBC News. BBC. 29 October 2018.