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{{Short description|Thai politician (1940–2009)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Suchart Chaovisith
|native_name = สุชาติ เชาว์วิศิษฐ
|native_name_lang = th
|honorific-prefix =
|honorific-suffix =
|nationality = [[Thailand|Thai]]
|image = สุชาติ เชาว์วิศิษฐ.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| office = [[Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand]]
| primeminister = [[Thaksin Shinawatra]]
| term_start = 10 March 2004
| term_end = 5 October 2004
|office1 = [[Ministry of Finance (Thailand)|Finance Minister of Thailand]]
|term_start1 = 8 February 2003
|term_end1 = 10 March 2004
|primeminister1= [[Thaksin Shinawatra]]
|predecessor1 = [[Somkid Jatusripitak]]
|successor1 = [[Somkid Jatusripitak]]
|birth_date = {{birth date|1940|4|21|df=y}}
|birth_place = [[Chiang Mai Province|Chiang Mai]], Thailand
|death_date = {{death date and age|2009|10|22|1940|4|21|df=y}}
|death_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand
|party = [[Thai Rak Thai Party]]
|spouse = Rattana Chaovisith
|profession = {{hlist|[[Economist]]|[[politician]]}}
|alma_mater = [[London School of Economics]]
}}

'''Suchart Chaovisith''' ({{langx|th|สุชาติ เชาว์วิศิษฐ}}, April 21, 1940 – October 22, 2009) was a Thai politician who served as [[Thailand]]'s [[Minister of Finance]] from 2003 until 2004 and the [[Prime Minister of Thailand#Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister]] in 2004.<ref name="bangkokpost">{{cite news |date=23 October 2009 |title=Suchart, 69, dies of cancer |url=http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/26113/suchart-69-dies-of-cancer |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111110140836/http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/politics/26113/suchart-69-dies-of-cancer |archive-date=2011-11-10 |newspaper=Bangkok Post}}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Suchart Chaovisith was born in [[Chiang Mai Province]], [[Thailand]].<ref name=bangkokpost/> He graduated from [[Assumption College (Thailand)|Assumption College]] later in 1956 he graduated from [[Diocesan Boys' School]] in Hong Kong. In the Year 1959 he graduated from GCE A' Level Bristol College of Commerce and granted a Bachelor of Economics from [[London School of Economics]] in 1962.

His government career began when he took a position in the [[finance]] department of the [[Royal Thai Army]] in 1966.<ref name=bangkokpost/><ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-04-12 |title=Nigerian scam letter based around former finance minister Suchart Chaovisith |url=http://2bangkok.com/nigerian-scam-letter-based-around-former-finance-minister-suchart-chaovisith.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305225829/http://2bangkok.com/nigerian-scam-letter-based-around-former-finance-minister-suchart-chaovisith.html |archive-date=2021-03-05}}</ref> He transferred to the [[Ministry of Finance (Thailand)|Ministry of Finance]] in 1972, where he held a number of positions.<ref name=bangkokpost/> In 1993, Suchart was appointed the deputy permanent secretary for finance.<ref name=bangkokpost/> In 1997, Suchart became the [[director-general]] of Revenue Department, his last position within the Thai [[civil service]].<ref name=bangkokpost/><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 June 2018 |title=Court to hear case against Thaksin over TPI rehabilitation |url=https://www.nationthailand.com/detail/politics/30347154 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612161007/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/politics/30347154 |archive-date=2018-06-12}}</ref>

Suchart joined politics as a member of the [[Thai Rak Thai Party]], which has since been disbanded.<ref name=bangkokpost/> He was elected as a member of the [[National Assembly of Thailand]].<ref name=bangkokpost/> He became the Minister of Finance in 2003, and was promoted to [[Prime Minister of Thailand#Deputy Prime Minister|Deputy Prime Minister]] in 2004.<ref name=bangkokpost/>

==Dead==
Suchart Chaovisith died of [[laryngeal cancer]] at the [[Bumrungrad International Hospital]] in [[Bangkok]] on October 22, 2009, at the age of 69.<ref name=bangkokpost/> His body was taken to the [[Wat Debsirindrawas Ratchaworawiharn]]'s pavilion 14 for funeral bathing rites.<ref name=bangkokpost/> His funeral rites were held for seven days after his death.<ref name=bangkokpost/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://mgronline.com/business/detail/9520000126904|title=ลาก่อนขุนคลัง"สุชาติ"|date=24 October 2009}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.komchadluek.net/news/crime/33898|title = มะเร็งกล่องเสียงคร่าชีวิต"สุชาติ เชาว์วิศิษฐ"|date = 22 October 2009}}</ref>

== Royal decorations ==
* 1996 - [[File:Order of the White Elephant - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80px]] Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted [[Order of the White Elephant]]<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210122074522/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2564/B/E001/2.PDF] {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>
* 1993 - [[File:Order of the Crown of Thailand - Special Class (Thailand) ribbon.svg|80px]] Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of The Most Noble [[Order of the Crown of Thailand]]<ref>http://benet.vec.go.th/Portals/42/pdf/%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>

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[[Category:Deaths from laryngeal cancer|Chaovisith, Suchart]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Thailand]]
[[Category:Thai Rak Thai Party politicians|Suchart Chaovisith]]
[[Category:Members of the House of Representatives (Thailand)|Suchart Chaovisith]]
[[Category:Ministers of finance of Thailand|Suchart Chaovisith]]
[[Category:1940 births|Chaovisith, Suchart]]
[[Category:Alumni of Assumption College (Thailand)|Suchart Chaovisith]]
[[Category:Deputy prime ministers of Thailand|Suchart Chaovisith]]
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