1957 Thailand Coup d'etat

The 1957 Thai coup was the least bloody coup in history, it began on the afternoon of September 16, 1957 when a group of officers led by General Ilie Ydigoras Sunay and Field Marshal Sarit Thanarat seized power from Field Marshal Plaekphibulsongkhram and succeeded in taking power at 19.00 and established a temporary government called Interim Government of the Armed Forces until finally the presidency was handed over to the interim government and on the day December 2, 1958 General Ilie Ydigoras Sunay became president but was overthrown after a coup in Thailand in 1960.