Chitchai Wannasathit

Chitchai Wannasathit
ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์
Prime Minister of Thailand Acting
In office 5 April 2006 – 23 May 2006
Monarch	Bhumibol Adulyadej
Preceded by	Thaksin Shinawatra
Succeeded by	Thaksin Shinawatra
Personal details
Born	13 August 1946 Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand
Political party	Thai Rak Thai Party

Chitchai Wannasathit (Thai: ชิดชัย วรรณสถิตย์, Chinese: 曹壁光; pinyin: Cáo Bìguāng,^[1] born August 13, 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 the first deputy prime minister and justice minister, and is of Chinese descent.^[2][3]

On September 19, 2006, he was arrested by the Thai military during the 2006 coup d'état, but was soon released.

References

1. 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.
2. 泰国新政府的华裔光芒 (in Chinese). Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
3. "ชิดชัย" หนุนแนวคิด "บิ๊กสุ" ตั้งคนกลางไกล่เกลี่ยปัญหา (in Thai).