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{{Short description|Thai military officer}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name= Phin Choonhavan
|native_name = {{nobold|ผิน ชุณหะวัณ}}
|native_name_lang = th
| honorific-prefix = [[Field marshal (Thailand)|Field Marshal]]
| honorific-suffix = [[Order of Chula Chom Klao|KGC]] [[Order of the White Elephant|MPCh]] [[Order of the Crown of Thailand|MVM]]
| order         = Head of the [[National Military Council of Thailand|National Military Council]]<br>De facto [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]
| term_start    = 8 November 1947
| term_end      = 10 November 1947
| monarch       = [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]
| predecessor   = [[Thawan Thamrongnawasawat]]<br>{{small|(Prime Minister)}}
| successor     = [[Khuang Aphaiwong]]<br>{{small|(Prime Minister)}}
| order1          = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]]
| alongside1      = Muni Mahasantana Wechayantrangsarit<br>Boonkerd Sutantanon<br>[[Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee]]
| predecessor1    = Sawat Sawatranachai Sawatdikiat
| successor1      = [[Fuen Ronnaphagrad Ritthakhanee]]<br>[[Prayoon Yuthasastrkosol]]
| primeminister1  = [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]]
| term_start1     = 6 December 1951
| term_end1       = 19 April 1956
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| order2          = [[Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives (Thailand)|Minister of Agriculture]]
| primeminister2  = [[Plaek Phibunsongkhram]]
| term_start2    =12 December 1953
| term_end2      =16 September 1957
| predecessor2   = Pisan Sunavinvivat
| successor2     = Wiboon Thambutra
| order3         = 15th [[List of commanders-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army |Commander-in-chief of the Royal Thai Army]]
| term_start3    = 28 May 1948
| term_end3      = 23 May 1954
| predecessor3   = Adul Aduldejaraj
| successor3     = [[Sarit Thanarat]]
|birth_name= Phin{{efn|At that time, Thais did not have surnames.}}
|birth_date= {{birth date|1891|08|14|df=yes}}
|death_date= {{death date and age|1973|01|26|1891|08|14|df=yes}}
|birth_place= [[Bang Khonthi district|Si Muen]], [[Ratchaburi province|Ratchaburi]], Siam (now [[Bang Khonthi district|Bang Khonthi]], [[Samut Songkhram province|Samut Songkhram]], Thailand)
|death_place= [[Phramongkutklao Hospital]], [[Phaya Thai district|Phaya Thai]], [[Bangkok]], Thailand (now [[Ratchathewi district|Ratchathewi]], Bangkok, Thailand)
|image=Phin Choonhavan.jpg
|caption=Choonhavan in 1953
|nickname=
|signature =Signature of Phin Choonhavan.png
|allegiance={{flag|Thailand}}
|serviceyears=
|rank= [[File:RTA OF-10 (Field Marshal).svg|15px]] [[List of Field Marshals (Thailand)|Field Marshal]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20160814192821/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2496/D/023/1524.PDF ] {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref><br />[[file:RTN OF-9 (Admiral).svg|15px]] [[Thai military ranks|Admiral]]<br />[[file:RTAF OF-9 (Air Chief Marshal).svg|15px]] [[Thai military ranks|Air Chief Marshal]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180810173656/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2495/D/026/1023_1.PDF ] {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
|branch=  {{flagicon image|Flag of the Royal Thai Army.svg}} [[Royal Thai Army]]
|commands= 3rd infantry division [[Phayap Army]]<br />[[Ministry of Defence (Thailand)|Ministry of Defence]]<br />[[Royal Thai Armed Forces]]
|unit=
|battles={{tree list}}
* [[Boworadet Rebellion]]
* [[World War II]] 
** [[Franco-Thai War]]
** [[Burma Campaign]] 
{{tree list/end}}
|awards=
|military_blank1 = Other work
|military_data1 = Military Governor of the Shan States (1943)
|children=6, including [[Chatichai Choonhavan|Chatichai]]
}}

'''Phin Choonhavan''' ({{langx|th|ผิน ชุณหะวัณ}}; {{RTGS|Phin Chunhawan}}; 14 August 1891 – 26 January 1973) was a Thai military leader and [[Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]]. Phin was a leader of several [[coup]]s against the government, most notably the [[Siamese coup d'état of 1947|1947 coup]]. During [[World War II|the Second World War]], he commanded the [[Phayap Army]]'s 3rd Division before being made military governor of the [[Shan States]], which Thailand had occupied during the [[Burma Campaign]].

Phin was the son of a Chinese physician, Kai ({{zh|c=開}}) who migrated to Siam from [[Chaoshan]], as was the father of his wife, Lim Hong ({{zh|c=林風}}), who was also an immigrant from [[Chenghai, Shantou|Chenghai]] [[Shantou]].<ref>{{cite book|title=泰国华侨华人研究|author=[泰国] 洪林, 黎道纲主编|publisher=香港社会科学出版社有限公司|date=April 2006|isbn=962-620-127-4|page=18}}</ref> His son, [[Chatichai Choonhavan]], became [[Prime Minister]] of Thailand, while his daughter, Udomlak, married [[Phao Siyanon]], director general of the Thai police. Another daughter, Charoen, married [[Pramarn Adireksarn]], who served as deputy prime minister in several governments.

== Honours ==
=== National honours ===
* [[File:Order of Chula Chom Klao - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Knight Grand Cross of the [[Order of Chula Chom Klao]]
* [[File:Order_of_the_White_Elephant_-_Special_Class_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Knight Grand Cordon of the [[Order of the White Elephant]]
* [[File:Order_of_the_Crown_of_Thailand_-_Special_Class_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Knight Grand Cordon of The [[Order of the Crown of Thailand]]
* [[File:Victory Medal - Indochina (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Victory Medal - [[Franco-Thai War]]
* [[File:Victory_Medal_-_World_War_II_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Victory Medal - [[World War II]]
* [[File:Safeguarding_the_Constitution_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Safeguarding the Constitution Medal
* [[File:Medal_for_Service_in_the_Interior_-_Asia_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Medal for Service Rendered in the Interior
* [[File:Chakra_Mala_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] Chakra Mala Medal
* [[File:King_Rama_VIII_Royal_Cypher_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] [[Ananda Mahidol|King Rama VIII]] Royal Cypher Medal, Second Class
* [[File:King_Rama_IX_Royal_Cypher_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] [[Bhumibol Adulyadej|King Rama IX]] Royal Cypher Medal, First Class
* [[File:King Rama VI Coronation Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80x80px]] [[Vajiravudh|King Rama VI]] Coronation Medal
* [[File:King_Rama_VII_Coronation_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] [[Prajadhipok|King Rama VII]] Coronation Medal
* [[File:King_Rama_IX_Coronation_Medal_(Thailand)_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] [[Bhumibol Adulyadej|King Rama IX]] Coronation Medal
* [[File:150_Years_Commemoration_of_Bangkok_Medal_ribbon.svg|80x80px]] 150 Years Commemoration of Bangkok Medal
* [[File:25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80x80px]] 25th Buddhist Century Celebration Medal

=== Foreign honours ===
* {{flag|Kingdom of Laos}} :
** [[File:LAO_Order_of_the_a_Million_Elephants_and_the_White_Parasol_-_Grand_Cross_BAR.svg|80x80px]] Grand Cross of the [[Order of the Million Elephants and the White Parasol]]
* {{flag|United States}} :
** [[File:US Legion of Merit Commander ribbon.png|80x80px]] Commander of the [[Legion of Merit]]
* {{Flag|Myanmar}} :
** [[File:Ordine della Verità - divisione militare (Birmania).png|80x80px]] Grand Commander of the [[Thiri Thudhamma Thingaha|Order of Thiri Thudhamma]]

==Notes==
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==References==
<references/>
* Paul M. Handley, "[[The King Never Smiles]]" Yale University Press: 2006, {{ISBN|0-300-10682-3}}

{{Royal Thai Army Chiefs}}
{{History of Thailand 1932 - 1973}}

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