Former Thai Prime Minister Thanin Kraivichien, a hard-line anti-communist in the 1970s, dies at 97

Thanin Kraivichien, an anti-communist judge who became Thailand’s prime minister after a 1976 military coup but was ousted by another coup a year later because of his hard-line policies, has died at age 97.

​Thanin Kraivichien, an anti-communist judge who became Thailand’s prime minister after a 1976 military coup but was ousted by another coup a year later because of his hard-line policies, has died at age 97.   Thanin Kraivichien, an anti-communist judge who became Thailand’s prime minister after a 1976 military coup but was ousted by another coup a year later because of his hard-line policies, has died at age 97.