 Born 8 July 1948 in <unk> , Thailand , Saprang graduated from the 7th Class of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School ( <unk> ) and the 18th Class of the Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy . His classmates included General <unk> <unk> ( appointed Deputy Army Commander after the coup ) , Admiral Bannawit <unk> ( appointed to the National Legislative Assembly after the coup , and leader of its Suvarnabhumi Airport committee ) , and General <unk> <unk> . He later graduated from the 43rd class of the National Defence College of Thailand in 2001 . His <unk> thesis concerned the role of military forces in the control of illegal <unk> . His <unk> classmates included <unk> <unk> , governor of state energy company <unk> . 
