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Kaset Rojananil | |
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 Rojananil at the opening ofCobra Gold 1992 | |
| Native name | เกษตร โรจนนิล |
| Born | (1933-08-27)27 August 1933 Thailand |
| Died | 3 April 2024(2024-04-03) (aged 90) Bangkok, Thailand |
| Allegiance | Thailand |
| Branch | Royal Thai Air Force |
| Rank | .svg) Air Chief Marshal |
| Commands | Commander-in-Chief |
| Other work | Head ofThai Airways International, Founder of theJustice Unity Party |
Air Chief MarshalKaset Rojananil (Thai:เกษตร โรจนนิล,RTGS: Kaset Rochananin; 27 August 1933 – 3 April 2024) was a Thai air force officer. He was theCommander of the Royal Thai Air Force from 1989 to 1992 and briefly held Thailand's most senior military post, theSupreme Commander of the Royal Thai Armed Forces from April to July 1992.[1]
Kaset was an alumnus of the 5th Class of theChulachomklao Royal Military Academy, and one of the leaders of theNational Peace Keeping Council's 1991coup against the government ofChatichai Choonhavan. After the coup he became head ofThai Airways International, and co-founded the pro-militaryJustice Unity Party. He was later demoted to general inspector of the Ministry of Defense.
As head ofThai Airways International, he famously noted that "we have received a lot of complaints that our air hostesses are not pretty enough—too old and unsmiling. And we must improve on that". He added that the airline had been hiring too many college-educated women and that "intelligent women tend to not be good looking." He noted that he had ordered airline recruiters to screen flight attendant applications "in the way beauty-pageant judging panels select contestants."[2]
Rojananil died on 3 April 2024, at the age of 90.[3]
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King Rama IX Royal Cypher Medal, 3rd Class
South Vietnam :
Armed Forces Honor Medal, First Class (1964)
Vietnam Campaign Medal (1964)
USA :
Commander of theLegion of Merit (1990)
Indonesia :
Bintang Swa Bhuwana Paksa, Utama Class (1991)
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Grand Cordon of theOrder of the Sacred Treasure (1993)
South Korea :
Order of National Security Merit, Tongil Medal  | This Thai biographical article is astub. You can help Wikipedia byadding missing information. |