Chumpol Silpa-archa

Chumpol Silpa-archa (Thai: ชุมพล ศิลปอาชา, RTGS: Chumphon Sinlapa-a-cha, IPA: [t͡ɕʰum.pʰon sǐn.lá.pà.ʔaː.t͡ɕʰaː]; 6 June 1940 – 21 January 2013) was a Thai politician who served in the government of Thailand as Minister of Tourism and Sports from 2008 to 2013; he was also Deputy Prime Minister from 2011 to 2013. Beginning in January 2009, he was the president of the Chartthaipattana Party.[1] He was the younger brother of Prime Minister Banharn Silpa-archa.

Chumpol Silpa-archa
ชุมพล ศิลปอาชา

MPCh MWM
Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand
In office
9 August 2011 – 21 January 2013
Prime MinisterYingluck Shinawatra
Minister of Tourism and Sports
In office
20 December 2008 – 21 January 2013
Prime MinisterAbhisit Vejjajiva (until 2011)
Yingluck Shinawatra
Preceded byWeerasak Kowasurat
Succeeded bySomsak Phusrisak
Minister of Education
In office
14 November 1997 – 1 October 1998
Prime MinisterChuan Leekpai
Preceded byChingchai Mongkoltham
Succeeded byPanja Kesornthong
Personal details
Born(1940-06-06)6 June 1940
Suphan Buri, Thailand
Died21 January 2013(2013-01-21) (aged 72)
Bangkok, Thailand
Political partyChartthaipattana Party
Other political
affiliations		Thai Nation Party (until 2008)
Spouse(s)Duangmarn Silpa-archa
Alma materThammasat University,
Syracuse University

Early life

Born at Suphanburi, Chumpol held a Bachelor of Laws from the Thammasat University and an MPA from the Syracuse University.

Political career

He worked as a civil servant and political science lecturer at the Thammasat University, before he entered politics in 1979. A member of the conservative-populist Thai Nation Party, he represented Suphan Buri Province in parliament. In the following years he held different high-rank government positions. In 1986 and 1992, he was Vice President of the House of Representatives. From 1997 to 1998 he was Minister of Education in Chuan Leekpai's cabinet. As he was no member of the Thai Nation Party's executive board, he was, unlike his brother, not banned from political activity by the Constitutional Court's ruling of 2 December 2008. So he could, as his brother's proxy, become leader of the Chartthaipattana Party, which is the de facto successor of the dissolved Thai Nation Party. After his grouping broke the coalition with the People's Power Party and joined the Democrat-led government, Chumpol became Minister of Tourism and Sports under Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.

When the Pheu Thai Party led by Yingluck Shinawatra won the 2011 elections, Chumpol changed sides again, and directed his Chartthaipattana Party into the coalition with Pheu Thai. He kept the Tourism and Sports portfolio and was additionally appointed Deputy Prime Minister, on 9 August 2011.

Chumpol Silpa-archa has been decorated with the Special Class of both the Order of the White Elephant and the Order of the Crown of Thailand.

Death

Chumpol died of heart failure on 21 January 2013, around 09:30 hours, at Ramathibodi Hospital, while holding the offices of Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism and Sports.[2]

References
  1. "Phalang Chon eyes sports portfolio", Bangkok Post, 6 July 2011, retrieved 12 July 2011
  2. "ด่วน สิ้นแล้ว ชุมพล ศิลปอาชา รมว.ท่องเที่ยว" [Urgent news!! 'Chumpol Silpa-archa', Minister of Tourism and Sports, died]. Thai Rath. 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
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