 Junta Secretary General, Winai Phattiyakul, was promoted to the post of Permanent Secretary for Defence.Gen Sonthi also promoted his classmates and lieutenants in the coup, 1st Army Region Commander Lt-Gen [[Anupong Paochinda]] and 3rd Army Region Commander Lt-Gen [[Saprang Kalayanamitr]], to the post of Assistant Army Commander.Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin told Reuters news agency