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'''Chitchai Wannasathit''' ([[Thai alphabet|Thai]] ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์) was the acting caretaker [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Prime Minister]] of [[Thailand]] from April to May 2006, when [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] took a break from his duties as prime minister following a disappointing showing in elections; Thaksin returned to his duties after more than a month. Chitchai Wannasathit is the first deputy prime minister and justice minister.
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Police rank|Police General]]
| name = Chidchai Vanasatidya
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| native_name = ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์
| native_name_lang = th
| office = Acting [[Prime Minister of Thailand]]
| monarch = [[Bhumibol Adulyadej]]
| term_start = 5 April 2006
| term_end = 23 May 2006
| primeminister = [[Thaksin Shinawatra]]
| office1 = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]]
| primeminister1 = [[Thaksin Shinawatra]]
| term_start1 = 11 March 2005
| term_end1 = 19 September 2006
| office2 = [[Ministry of Justice (Thailand)|Minister of Justice]]
| primeminister2 = [[Thaksin Shinawatra]]
| term_start2 = 2 August 2005
| term_end2 = 19 September 2006
| predecessor2 = [[Suwat Liptapanlop]]
| successor2 = [[Charnchai Likitjittha]]
| office3 = [[Ministry of Interior (Thailand)|Minister of Interior]]
| primeminister3 = [[Thaksin Shinawatra]]
| term_start3 = 11 March 2005
| term_end3 = 2 August 2005
| predecessor3 = [[Phokin Polkul]]
| successor3 = [[Kongsak Wantana]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|8|13|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Ubon Ratchathani Province|Ubon Ratchathani]], [[Siam]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Pheu Thai Party|Pheu Thai]] (2009–present)
| otherparty = [[Thai Rak Thai Party|Thai Rak Thai]] (1999–2007)
| spouse = Atchara Wannasathit
| alma_mater = {{ubl|Royal Police Cadet Academy|[[University of Louisville]] ([[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]])<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0604/S00075.htm | title=Thailand's PM Thaksin Shinawatra Resigns &#124; Scoop News }}</ref>}}
| allegiance = {{flag|Thailand}}
| branch = {{ubl|[[Royal Thai Police]]|[[Volunteer Defense Corps (Thailand)|Volunteer Defense Corps]]}}
| rank = {{ubl|[[Police rank|Police General]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234817/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00131003.PDF Ratchakitcha data]</ref>|[[Volunteer Defense Corps (Thailand)|VDC Gen.]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20180719054127/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2548/00158146.PDF Ratchakitcha data]</ref>}}
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Police General '''Chitchai Wannasathit''' ({{lang-th|ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์}}, {{IPA-th|t͡ɕʰít.t͡ɕʰaj wan.ná.sà.tʰìt}}; {{zh|c=曹壁光|p=Cáo Bìguāng}};<ref>{{cite book|title=A Study on Ethnic & Overseas Chinese People in Thailand ''(泰国华侨华人研究)''|author=洪林|editor=黎道纲|publisher=Hong Kong Social Science Publishing House (香港社会科学出版社有限公司)|date=April 2006|location=Thailand|isbn=962-620-127-4|page=186|language=zh}}</ref> born 13 August 1946 in [[Ubon Ratchathani Province]]) was the caretaker [[Prime Minister of Thailand|prime minister]] of [[Thailand]] from April to May 2006, when [[Thaksin Shinawatra]] took a break from his duties as prime minister following a disappointing showing in [[April 2006 Thai general election|elections]]. Thaksin returned to his duties after more than a month. Chitchai Wannasathit was simultaneously the first deputy prime minister and justice minister. On 19 September 2006, he was arrested by the Thai military during the 2006 [[2006 Thailand coup d'état|coup d'état]], but was soon released.


== Education ==
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* [[Amnuay Silpa School]]
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* [[National Defence College of Thailand]]


==Personal life==
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He was of [[Thai Chinese|Chinese]] descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontoservice.com/index_Readnews.asp?id=77059 |script-title=zh:泰国新政府的华裔光芒 |language=zh |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929062248/http://www.torontoservice.com/index_Readnews.asp?id=77059 |archivedate=29 September 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manager.co.th/politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000034094&CommentPage=4&|script-title=th:"ชิดชัย" หนุนแนวคิด "บิ๊กสุ" ตั้งคนกลางไกล่เกลี่ยปัญหา|language=th|access-date=28 October 2007|archive-date=5 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120305221533/http://www.manager.co.th/politics/ViewNews.aspx?NewsID=9490000034094&CommentPage=4&|url-status=dead}}</ref>


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Latest revision as of 21:04, 6 June 2024

Police General
Chidchai Vanasatidya
ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์
Acting Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
5 April 2006 – 23 May 2006
MonarchBhumibol Adulyadej
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
11 March 2005 – 19 September 2006
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Minister of Justice
In office
2 August 2005 – 19 September 2006
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Preceded bySuwat Liptapanlop
Succeeded byCharnchai Likitjittha
Minister of Interior
In office
11 March 2005 – 2 August 2005
Prime MinisterThaksin Shinawatra
Preceded byPhokin Polkul
Succeeded byKongsak Wantana
Personal details
Born (1946-08-13) 13 August 1946 (age 77)
Ubon Ratchathani, Siam
Political partyPheu Thai (2009–present)
Other political
affiliations		Thai Rak Thai (1999–2007)
SpouseAtchara Wannasathit
Alma mater
Military service
Allegiance Thailand
Branch/service
Rank

Police General Chitchai Wannasathit (Thai: ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, Thai pronunciation: [t͡ɕʰít.t͡ɕʰaj wan.ná.sà.tʰìt]; Chinese: 曹壁光; pinyin: Cáo Bìguāng;[4] born 13 August 1946 in Ubon Ratchathani Province) was the caretaker prime minister of Thailand from April to May 2006, when Thaksin Shinawatra took a break from his duties as prime minister following a disappointing showing in elections. Thaksin returned to his duties after more than a month. Chitchai Wannasathit was simultaneously the first deputy prime minister and justice minister. On 19 September 2006, he was arrested by the Thai military during the 2006 coup d'état, but was soon released.

Education[edit]

Personal life[edit]

He was of Chinese descent.[5][6]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Thailand's PM Thaksin Shinawatra Resigns | Scoop News".
  2. ^ Ratchakitcha data
  3. ^ Ratchakitcha data
  4. ^ 洪林 (April 2006). 黎道纲 (ed.). A Study on Ethnic & Overseas Chinese People in Thailand (泰国华侨华人研究) (in Chinese). Thailand: Hong Kong Social Science Publishing House (香港社会科学出版社有限公司). p. 186. ISBN 962-620-127-4.
  5. ^ 泰国新政府的华裔光芒 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 29 September 2007.
  6. ^ "ชิดชัย" หนุนแนวคิด "บิ๊กสุ" ตั้งคนกลางไกล่เกลี่ยปัญหา (in Thai). Archived from the original on 5 March 2012. Retrieved 28 October 2007.
Political offices
Preceded by Prime Minister of Thailand
Acting
2006 		Succeeded by
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