General Prem Tinsulanonda ( born August 26; 1920) is a retired Thai military officer who served as Prime Minister of Thailand from March 3; 1980 to August 4; 1988. He now serves as the Head of the Privy Council of the King of Thailand; Bhumibol Adulyadej (Rama IX).

Prem; as the Chief of the Privy Council; is a leader in promoting King Bhumibol's ideologies and royal projects though he has sometimes represented himself as being the voice of the king. He has always urged Thai society to follow the king's advice and has himself founded several welfare projects related to education; drug suppression; poverty; and national unity. A southerner; Prem has also dealt personally with trying to resolve the Islamic Southern Insurgency crisis.