Pallop Pinmanee

Pallop Pinmanee
Pallop Pinmanee
Native name	พัลลภ ปิ่นมณี
Born	25 May 1936; Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom, Thailand
Allegiance	Thailand
Branch	Royal Thai Army
Years of service	1964–1996
Rank	General
Unit	1st King's Own Bodyguard Regiment; 9th Infantry Division; Royal Thai Army Special Warfare Command
Commands	Internal Security Operations Command
Battles / wars	Cold War Vietnam War; Laotian Civil War; Communist insurgency in Thailand; Communist insurgency in Malaysia; Vietnamese border raids in Thailand; ; Southern Insurgency;
Alma mater	Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy; Royal Thai Army Command and General Staff College;
Spouse(s)	Khunying Naruedee Pinmanee
Personal details
Political party	Democrat Party (1996); Pheu Thai Party (2018–)

Pallop Pinmanee (Thai: พัลลภ ปิ่นมณี,RTGS: Phanlop Pinmani, born 25 May 1936 in Sam Phran, Nakhon Pathom as Amnat Pinmanee (Thai: อำนาจ ปิ่นมณี, RTGS: Amnat Pinmani) is a retired Thai Army general who took part in several coups, ordered the massacre of insurgents at Krue Sae Mosque and allegedly played a role in the attempted car-bomb assassination of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. After a 2006 military coup overthrew Thaksin, the military junta appointed Pallop public relations adviser to the Internal Security Operations Command of Thailand. He eventually switched sides and became an adviser to Thaksin's younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra while she was serving as prime minister.