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The Council was dissolved on 22 May 2014 upon the partial repeal of the [[2007 Constitution of Thailand]],<ref name="repeal">{{cite web|script-title=th:คสช. ประกาศให้อำนาจนายกฯ เป็นของประยุทธ์ – เลิก รธน. 50 เว้นหมวด 2 วุฒิฯ-ศาล ทำหน้าที่ต่อ|trans-title=NPOMC announces the prime minister powers belong to Prayuth, repeals 2007 charter, except chapter 2 – senate and courts remain in office|url=http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9570000057286|language=th|date= 2014-05-22|access-date=2014-05-23|work=Manager|archive-date=2017-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018214057/http://www.manager.co.th/Politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9570000057286|url-status=live}}</ref> when Army Commander General [[Prayut Chan-o-cha]] launched a [[2014 Thai coup d'état|coup d'état]] in response to [[2013–14 Thai political crisis|six months of political crisis]]. It was succeeded in its capacity as [[military junta]] by the [[National Council for Peace and Order]].
 
== NamesName ==
The Council was originally formed as the '''Council for Democratic Reform''' ({{lang-th|คณะปฏิรูปการปกครองในระบอบประชาธิปไตยอันมีพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงเป็นประมุข}}; {{RTGS|''Khana Patirup Kanpokhrong Nai Rabop Prachathippatai An Mi Phramahakasat Songpenpramuk''}}),<ref name="Montesano">{{cite book|last=Montesano|first=Michael J.|date=2018|editor-last1=Singh|editor-first1=Saljit|editor-last2=Cook|editor-first2=Malcolm|title=Turning Points and Transitions: Selections from Southeast Asian Affairs 1974–2018|publisher=ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute|page=687|chapter=Thailand: A Reckoning with History Begins|isbn=9789814843089}}</ref> abbreviated to '''CDR''' ({{lang-th|คปค.}}). The Council's original Thai name translates literally to "Council for Reforming the Democratic Regime of Government with the King as Head". On 21 September 2006, a spokesperson requested the local media to report the Council's English name in full, rather than shortening it, along with the addendum "under the Constitutional Monarchy" after news reports had been shortening the name in their coverage. This was because the Council felt that its full name was significant to relaying its intended message, and that the shortened version may be "misleading".<ref name="CRDM">{{citenews|date=2006-09-21|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014271|title=Call us in full - CDRM|work=The Nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124731/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014271|archive-date=2007-09-29|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref>
 
However, on September 27, the Council announced that they would be dropping the English reference to the monarchy due to misunderstandings arising by foreign media concerning the role the monarchy played in the Council, and declared that it would officially be known as the '''Council for Democratic Reform''' in English.<ref name="CDR">{{citenews|date=2006-09-27|url=http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014778|title=CDRM now calls itself as CDR|work=The Nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809093124/http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014778|archive-date=2010-08-09|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref> When the [[2006 interim constitution of Thailand|2006 interim constitution]] was released that same day, ahead of its promulgation on October 1, it included articles creating a Council for National Security with an identical leadership to that of the CDR, effectively re-naming the CDR to the '''Council for National Security''' once the interim constitution came into effect.<ref name="Interim Constitution">{{citenews|date=2006-10-02|url=http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/02/headlines/headlines_30015101.php|title=Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim Edition) of B.E. 2549|work=The Nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022112851/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/02/headlines/headlines_30015101.php|archive-date=2006-10-22|access-date=2024-08-15}}</ref>
The former Thai name of the council, "คณะปฏิรูปการปกครองในระบอบประชาธิปไตยอันมีพระมหากษัตริย์ทรงเป็นประมุข", could literally be translated as the "Council for Reforming the Democratic Regime of Government with the King as Head".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Unchanam |first=Puangchon |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctvvsqcgz |title=Royal Capitalism: Wealth, Class, and Monarchy in Thailand |date=2020 |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press |isbn=978-0-299-32600-5 |page=176|doi=10.2307/j.ctvvsqcgz |jstor=j.ctvvsqcgz }}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |title=Bones Around My Neck |date=2016-09-12 |publisher=Cornell University Press |isbn=978-1-5017-0463-5 |at=Afterlife: The Uses of Prince Prisdang |doi=10.7591/cornell/9781501704635.003.0008}}</ref> This name was translated in several ways by the media, such as:
 
*Administrative Reform Group under the Democratic System with the King as Head of State<ref>{{Citation |title=Text: Thai coup-leaders' statements |work=BBC News |date=19 September 2006 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/5361756.stm}}</ref>
* Administrative Reform Council (ARC)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.achrweb.org/countries/Thailand/ThailandOHCHR.htm |title=Thailand Democrcy[sic] Watch |date=22 September 2006 |publisher=22 September 2006 |access-date=4 March 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101205165140/http://www.achrweb.org//countries/Thailand/ThailandOHCHR.htm |archive-date=5 December 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* Committee of Political Reformation Under Democracy
* Council for Democratic Reform under Constitutional Monarchy
* Democratic Reform Council
* Political Reform Council
* Military Council for Political Reform
 
On 21 September 2006, the council spokesperson asked the local press to report its name in full (with "...under the Constitutional Monarchy"), and noted that "The name is important in relaying a right message and its shortened version might be misleading".<ref>The Nation, [http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014271 Call us in full – CDRM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929124731/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014271 |date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> Both before and after this, most news reports used a shorter name.
 
The junta later changed its English name to simply "Council for Democratic Reform" claiming that the change was in order to remove misunderstanding and false interpretation about the role of the monarchy. Actual rationale was debatable.<ref>The Nation, [http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014778 CDRM now calls itself as CDR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809093124/http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/read.php?newsid=30014778 |date=2010-08-09 }}, 28 September</ref>
 
Article 34 of the [[2006 Interim Constitution of Thailand|2006 Interim Constitution]] changed the name "Council for Democratic Reform" to "Council for National Security".<ref>The Nation, [http://nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/02/headlines/headlines_30015101.php Constitution of the Kingdom of Thailand (Interim Edition) of B.E. 2549] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061022112851/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2006/10/02/headlines/headlines_30015101.php |date=2006-10-22 }}, 2 October 2006</ref>
 
== Membership and key positions==
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