Prime Minister of Thailand Every prime minister since Manopakorn Nititada has been Buddhist. The Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Thailand must be a member of the House of Representatives. Therefore, the qualifications for the office of prime minister are the same as the qualifications for membership in the house. Prior to the coup d'état, to be appointed, the nominee for the office must have the support of one-fifth of the members of the House of Representatives. Then after a simple-majority vote in the house, a resolution will be passed and submitted to the king, who will then make a formal appointment by giving
Prime Minister of Brazil Fonseca, who as the senior military figure in the plot, assumed leadership of the movement, was supporter of the Conservative Party, and he took part in the coup because he was invited by other officers to lead the overthrowal of the Liberal Viscount of Ouro Preto from the Presidency of the Council, but although he intended to force a change of Prime Minister, initially Deodoro did not intend to depose Emperor Pedro II. Several of his co-conspirators, however, were Republicans, and later in the day the events of the military coup progressed to the deposition of the Monarchy. The decision