Chumpol Silpa-archa

Chumpol Silpa-archa

Chumpol Silpa-archa ( Thai : ชุมพล ศิลป อาชา ; born June 6, 1940 in the province of Suphan Buri ; † January 21, 2013 in Bangkok ) was a Thai politician who, among other things, was chairman of the Chartthaipattana party and, between 2011 and 2013, deputy prime minister was.

Life

Chumpol Silpa-archa was a younger brother of Banharn Silpa-archa , who was Prime Minister between 1995 and 1996 . After attending school, he began to study law at Thammasat University , which he completed with a Bachelor of Laws . A postgraduate course of management science at Syracuse University , he graduated with a Master of Public Administration , and then was a lecturer in political science at Thammasat University. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 1979 as a candidate for the Chart Thai Party to represent Suphan Buri Province and served as Vice President of the House of Representatives between 1986 and 1992. In the second government of Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai of the Democratic Party , he served as Minister of Education between November 14, 1997 and October 1, 1998, whereupon Panja Kesornthong became his successor on October 1, 1998.

After his group broke the coalition with the People's Power Party and joined the government led by the Democratic Party, Chumpol Silpa-archa became Minister of Tourism and Sports in the coalition government of Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on December 22, 2008, and held this post until the end of Abhisit's tenure on August 5, 2011. After the dissolution of all parties in the ruling coalition by the Constitutional Court on December 2, 2008, he also became chairman of the Chartthaipattana party, which emerged from the Chart Thai party, in January 2009. After Yingluck Shinawatra of the Pheu Thai Party won the July 3, 2011 elections, his party switched sides again and joined Prime Minister Yingluck's new coalition government. In this he took over the post as one of the Deputy Prime Ministers on August 10, 2011 and held this office until his death on January 21, 2013. At the same time, between August 10, 2011 and January 21, 2013, he again held the office of Minister for Tourism and Sports. On January 21, 2013, he died of a heart attack in Ramathibodi Hospital in Bangkok .

For his many years of service he was awarded the Order of the Crown of Thailand in 1992 and the White Elephant Order in 1996.

Web links

• Entry in prabook.com
• Historical Sequence of Thai Cabinet 1932-2008

Individual evidence

1. ↑ CABINET CHUAN 2
2. ↑ CABINET ABHISIT
3. ↑ CABINET YINGLUCK

Note on Thai names : This article addresses people by their first name.