(Bangkok Post file photo)Gen Prem Tinsulanonda, the Privy Council chairman and statesman, died of heart failure at Phramongkutklao Hospital on Sunday morning at the age of 98, according to media reports. In his childhood, Gen Prem gradudated from Maha Vajiravudh Secondary School in Songkha, followed by Suan Kularb Wittaya School in Bangkok where he graduated in 1937. In 1952, he was awarded a scholarship to study in the United States at a cavalry school in Fort Knox, Kentucky, along with Gen Pichit Kullavanijaya and Gen Wichit Sukmark. On his return, he became deputy commander of a cavalry school in Saraburi province, which later became the Cavalry Centre. He was given the rank of major general and appointed commander of the Cavalry Centre in 1968.

Source: Bangkok Post May 26, 2019 05:22 UTC