1988 in Thailand

Incumbents

• King: Bhumibol Adulyadej
• Crown Prince: Vajiralongkorn
• Prime Minister:
• * until 4 August: Prem Tinsulanonda
• * starting 4 August: Chatichai Choonhavan
• Supreme Patriarch:
• * until 27 August: Ariyavangsagatayana VII

  Events

January

February

• 19 February - ceasefire agreement ends Thai–Laotian Border War.

  March

April

• 5 April - Kuwait Airways Flight 422 hijacked by Lebanese guerillas after departing from Bangkok. During the incident the flight, initially forced to land in Iran, travelled 3,200 miles from Mashhad in northeastern Iran to Larnaca, Cyprus, and finally to Algiers. Two hostages were killed, prior to the crisis ending on 20 April.

  May

• 24 May - Miss Thailand Phonthip Nakhirankanok won the crown title of the Miss Universe 1988 held in Taipei, Taiwan.

  June

July

• 24 July - 1988 Thai general election - victory for the Thai Nation Party, which won 87 of the 357 seats. Voter turnout was 63.6%

  August

September

• 9 September - Vietnam Airlines Flight 831 crashes with 76 fatalities.

  October

November

• 10 November - Phra Narai Lintel returned to Thailand and widely celebrated.

  December

Births

Deaths