Governor of Bangkok
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The governor of Bangkok (Template:Langx, RTGS: Script error: No such module "lang".) is the head of the local government of Bangkok. The governor is also the chief executive of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The governor is elected to a renewable term of four years, currently it is one of the two directly elected executive offices in the kingdom. The office is comparable to that of a city mayor.
From 2016 to 2022 Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang acted as Governor of Bangkok.[1] He was appointed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha using Section 44 of the interim charter to replace Sukhumbhand Paribatra. The reason given for his ouster was "...because he was involved in many legal cases."[2]
The current incumbent is Chadchart Sittipunt. He was elected in a landslide victory in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election, receiving 52.65 % (1.38 Million) of all votes cast, marking a new record-high, and winning in all 50 districts of Bangkok.[3][4]
Powers and roles
The powers and role of the office of Governor of Bangkok in accordance with the Template:Em (Template:Langx are as follows:
- Formulate and implement policies for the Bangkok Metropolitan Area.
- Head the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration.
- Appoint and remove deputy governors, advisors, board members, city officials, and public servants.
- Coordinate and carry out the orders of the Cabinet of Thailand, the Prime Minister of Thailand, and the Ministry of Interior.
- Oversee the smooth running of the various agencies and services of the city.
- The governor is also invested with the same powers as any other governor of a province of Thailand and any other mayor.
- The power to draw up legislation and bills for the city, to be considered in the Bangkok Metropolitan Council.
History
Since 1973, the city was administered by a single executive appointed by the cabinet from city civil servants. However soon, it was determined that the executive office should a popularly elected office instead. The passage of the Template:Em (Template:Langx, created the Bangkok Metropolis to replace Bangkok Province and created an elected governor with a four-year term.
The first election for the office was held on the 10 August 1975. Thammanoon Thien-ngern was elected as the first Governor of Bangkok. Conflicts between the governor and the Bangkok Metropolitan Council, however, became so fierce that Thanin Kraivichien, the Prime Minister of Thailand removed him and reinstated the appointment system. Elections resumed with the passing of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Act, BE 2528 (1985). Elections were held on 14 November 1985.
List of governors
| No. | Portrait | Name (Birth–Death)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Term of office | Party | Election | |||
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| Took officeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Left officeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Time in officeScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||||
| 1 | File:ชำนาญ ยุวบูรณ์.jpg | Chamnan Yaovabun ชำนาญ ยุวบูรณ์ (1914–2015)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1973 |
22 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1973 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | Appointed |
| 2 | File:Adth Visutyothapibal.png | At Visutyothaphiban อรรถ วิสูตรโยธาภิบาล (1915–2004)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1973 |
4 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | |
| 3 | File:Seal Bangkok Metropolitan Admin (green).svg | Siri Santabutra ศิริ สันติบุตร (1912–2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
5 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1974 |
9 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1975 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | |
| 4 | File:Seal Bangkok Metropolitan Admin (green).svg | Sai Hutacharoen สาย หุตะเจริญ |
5 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1975 |
9 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1975 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | |
| 5 | File:ธรรมนูญ เทียนเงิน.jpg | Thammanoon Thien-ngern ธรรมนูญ เทียนเงิน (1913–1989)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
10 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1975 |
29 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1977 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Democrat | 1975 |
| 6 | File:ผู้ว่าการกรุงเทพมหานคร.jpg | Chalor Thammasiri ชลอ ธรรมศิริ (1927–2021)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1977 |
14 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | Appointed |
| 7 | File:Seal Bangkok Metropolitan Admin (green).svg | Chaowat Sudlapa เชาวน์วัศ สุดลาภา (1933–2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
4 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1979 |
16 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1981 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | |
| 8 | File:Seal Bangkok Metropolitan Admin (green).svg | Thiem Mokaranont เทียม มกรานนท์ |
28 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1981 |
1 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1984 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | |
| 9 | File:Seal Bangkok Metropolitan Admin (green).svg | Asa Meksavan อาษา เมฆสวรรค์ (born 1924)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
6 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1984 |
13 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1985 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | |
| 10 | File:Chamlong Srimuang 2008 (cropped).jpg | Chamlong Srimuang จำลอง ศรีเมือง (born 1935)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
14 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1985 |
22 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | IndependentTemplate:Efn (until 1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1985 |
| style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Palang Dharma (from 1988)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
1990 | ||||||
| 11 | File:กฤษฎา อรุณวงษ์ ณ อยุธยา.jpg | Krisda Arunvongse na Ayudhya กฤษฎา อรุณวงษ์ ณ อยุธยา (1932–2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
19 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1992 |
18 AprilScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1996 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Palang Dharma | 1992 |
| 12 | File:Bhichit Rattakul 2008 (cropped).jpg | Bhichit Rattakul พิจิตต รัตตกุล (born 1946)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 1996 |
1 JuneScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2000 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | IndependentTemplate:Efn | 1996 |
| 13 | File:Samak Sundaravej.JPG | Samak Sundaravej สมัคร สุนทรเวช (1935–2009)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
23 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2000 |
22 JulyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2004 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Thai Citizen (until 2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
2000 |
| style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent (from 2001)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |||||||
| 14 | File:ประชุมพรรคประชาธิปัตย์ วันที่ 4 มิถุนายน 2553 (The Official Site of The Prime Minister of Thailand P - Flickr - Abhisit Vejjajiva (2).jpg | Apirak Kosayodhin อภิรักษ์ โกษะโยธิน (born 1961)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
29 AugustScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2004 |
19 NovemberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2008 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Democrat | 2004 |
| 2008 | ||||||||
| 15 | File:Sukhumbhand Paribatra01.jpg | Mom RajawongseScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Sukhumbhand Paribatra[5] หม่อมราชวงศ์สุขุมพันธุ์ บริพัตร (born 1952)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
11 JanuaryScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2009 |
18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2016 |
Template:Ayd | rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Democrat | 2009 |
| 2013 | ||||||||
| 16 | File:Aswin Kwanmuang 2019.png | Aswin Kwanmuang อัศวิน ขวัญเมือง (born 1951)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
18 OctoberScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2016 |
24 MarchScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2022 |
Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | Appointed |
| 17 | File:Chadchart Sittipunt October 2023 (cropped).jpg | Chadchart Sittipunt ชัชชาติ สิทธิพันธุ์ (born 1966)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
22 MayScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 2022 |
Incumbent | Template:Ayd | style="background:Template:Party color;" | | Independent | 2022 |
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- Unless otherwise indicated, they were elected.
Notes
References
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