Permanent Secretary of Defence

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civil service position government office

The Permanent Secretary of Defence is the top civil service official overseeing administrative and policy implementation within Thailand’s Ministry of Defence.

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Label	Occurrences
Permanent Secretary of Defence canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9413327 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Permanent Secretary of Defence
Context triple: [Ministry of Defence of Thailand, hasPosition, Permanent Secretary of Defence]

A. Secretary of State for Defence
The Secretary of State for Defence is the UK government minister responsible for overseeing the country's armed forces and defence policy.
B. Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence is the most senior civilian official in the UK Ministry of Defence, responsible for its administration, policy implementation, and overall departmental management.
C. Minister of Defence
The Minister of Defence is the senior government official responsible for directing national defence policy and overseeing the country’s armed forces.
D. Secretary of the Department of Defence
The Secretary of the Department of Defence is the Australian Government’s top civilian defence official, responsible for leading the department and advising on defence policy, strategy, and administration.
E. Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff is India’s senior-most military officer who serves as the principal military advisor to the government and oversees joint operations and integration among the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Permanent Secretary of Defence
Target entity description: The Permanent Secretary of Defence is the top civil service official overseeing administrative and policy implementation within Thailand’s Ministry of Defence.

A. Secretary of State for Defence
The Secretary of State for Defence is the UK government minister responsible for overseeing the country's armed forces and defence policy.
B. Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence
The Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Defence is the most senior civilian official in the UK Ministry of Defence, responsible for its administration, policy implementation, and overall departmental management.
C. Minister of Defence
The Minister of Defence is the senior government official responsible for directing national defence policy and overseeing the country’s armed forces.
D. Secretary of the Department of Defence
The Secretary of the Department of Defence is the Australian Government’s top civilian defence official, responsible for leading the department and advising on defence policy, strategy, and administration.
E. Chief of Defence Staff
The Chief of Defence Staff is India’s senior-most military officer who serves as the principal military advisor to the government and oversees joint operations and integration among the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil service position ⓘ government office ⓘ
appointedBy	Cabinet of Thailand ⓘ linked to: Council of Ministers of Thailand Government of Thailand ⓘ linked to: Thai government
associatedWith	Royal Thai Armed Forces ⓘ linked to: Armed Forces of Thailand
belongsToCategory	Defence ministries ⓘ Thai civil service positions ⓘ
country	Thailand ⓘ
employer	Ministry of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Defence of Thailand
field	defence policy ⓘ public administration ⓘ
governmentBranch	executive branch of Thailand ⓘ
hasStyle	civil servant ⓘ
jurisdiction	Government of Thailand ⓘ linked to: Thai government
languageOfWork	Thai ⓘ
locatedIn	Bangkok ⓘ Thailand ⓘ
nativeLabel	ปลัดกระทรวงกลาโหม ⓘ linked to: Secretary-General of the Ministry of Defense
officeHolders	senior Thai civil servants ⓘ
officeScope	national defence administration in Thailand ⓘ
officeType	permanent secretary ⓘ
partOf	Ministry of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Defence of Thailand
positionInHierarchy	senior-most civil servant in the Ministry of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ
relatedPosition	Permanent Secretary of Finance (Thailand) ⓘ Permanent Secretary of Foreign Affairs (Thailand) ⓘ linked to: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand) Permanent Secretary of Interior (Thailand) ⓘ
reportsTo	Minister of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ linked to: Minister of Defence of Thailand
responsibility	overseeing administrative functions of the Ministry of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ overseeing policy implementation within the Ministry of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ supporting the Minister of Defence (Thailand) in policy execution ⓘ
roleInGovernment	top civil service official in the Ministry of Defence (Thailand) ⓘ
sector	defence ⓘ
worksOn	defence administration ⓘ defence policy implementation ⓘ

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Ministry of Defence of Thailand → hasPosition → Permanent Secretary of Defence ⓘ

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