Chadchart Sittipunt

Chadchart Sittipunt MPCh MWM
ชัชชาติ สิทธิพันธุ์
Chadchart in May 2022
Governor-elect of Bangkok
Assuming office 23 May 2022
Succeeding	Aswin Kwanmuang
Minister of Transport
In office 27 October 2012 – 22 May 2014
Prime Minister	Yingluck Shinawatra
Preceded by	Charupong Ruangsuwan
Succeeded by	Prajin Juntong
Personal details
Born	(1966-05-24) 24 May 1966 Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Independent
Other political affiliations	Pheu Thai (2012–2019)
Spouse	Piyada Sittipunt
Relations	Chanchai Sittipunt (brother) Prichaya Sittipunt (sister)
Children	1
Parents	Saneh Sittipunt (father) Jitjarung Sittipunt (mother)
Alma mater	Chulalongkorn University Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Profession	Bussinessman, politician
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Website	chadchart.com

Chadchart Sittipunt (Template:Lang-th; born 24 May 1966) is a Thai politician, engineer, and professor who currently serves as Governor of Bangkok since 2022.

He previously was Minister of Transport from 2012 to 2014. In 2019, he announced his intention to contest in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election as an independent candidate.

Early life and education

Chadchart is the son of Police General Sa-nae Sitthiphan, former Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Bureau and Jitcharung Kullawanit. Chatchart graduated high school from Chulalongkorn University Demonstration School and Triam Udom Suksa School. He completed a bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering (First Class Honors) from Chulalongkorn University and then Master of Structural Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Doctor of Engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in the USA with Ananda Mahidol Foundation Scholarship in 1987.

Careers

Chadchart used to work as a structural engineer in a private company. Later in 1995, he became a professor at the Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, and was appointed an academic position as Associate Professor and an Assistant to the Rector. In addition, he has served as a director in many state enterprises such as The Transport Company Limited, Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand and Aeronautical Radio of Thailand Limited and in 2008 to January 2012 as an independent director Audit Committee and Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee, Land and Houses Plc.

In January 2015, Chadchart was appointed as CEO and Managing Director of Quality Houses Public Company Limited (QH). On 29 December 2018, Chadchart resigned from the position and returned to work in Pheu Thai Party.

Political careers

Chadchart as an academic had the opportunity to help and give advice to the Ministry of Transport during the Thaksin Shinawatra and Samak Sundaravej governments without holding any position until 2012, when Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra invited him to serve as the Deputy Minister of Transport.

Chadchart was appointed as the Minister of Transport in October 2012. Chadchart as Minister of Transport is regarded as an elite figure of the government in the country's strategic planning. While serving as a minister, Chadchart has the image of a down-to-earth minister.

In 2019, Chadchart announced that he intends to contest in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election as an independent candidate. In February 2022, Chadchart officially launched his gubernatorial election campaign, with the slogan "Bangkok, a pleasant city for everyone" (Template:Lang-th) with important policies such as creating a network of maps of crime hotspots, and developing a public transport system to make Bangkok a city of arts and learning. Bhichit Rattakul, former governor of Bangkok, and Nikom Wairatpanij , former President of the Senate of Thailand also joined Chadchart for the campaign.

Royal decorations

• Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant (ม.ป.ช.)
• Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand (ม.ว.ม.)