Aswin Kwanmuang
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Aswin Kwanmuang ( th, อัศวิน ขวัญเมือง, ; ; born 15 February 1951) is a Thai Policain and Former Deputy Commissioner of Royal Thai Police who served as the governor of
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from 2016 to 2022. He is an
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in the
2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election The eleventh election for the governorship of Bangkok was held on 22 May 2022. It took place 9 years after the latest election in 2013, long delayed due to the 2014 coup d'état. Chadchart Sittipunt, an independent candidate who was a member o ...
but not elected.


Personal life and education

He graduated from secondary level from Dan Chang Wittaya School and then start police careers at Provincial Police Region 7 School as a police NCO student and then he studied at Royal Thai Police Cadet Academy as an
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class 30 receiving bacherlor degree in public administration (police affairs). Later, he attended Advanced Police Administration Program Class 16 and National Defense College class 45.


Police careers

He was known as a skilled police officer who has worked on many important cases at the national level, such as the murder of Jo Danchang, the car bomb case of former Prime Minister Thaksin, the case of arresting of Kamnan Sia, Jip Phia Khiao and the extrajudicial case of Joke Phai Khiao. In the middle of 2008, when having the rank of Police Lieutenant General, he was moved from the position of Commissioner of the
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, to be Assistant Commissioner of Police. Pol Lt Gen Suchart Muankaew taking this position instead was criticized because the police could not handle the rally of the People's Alliance for Democracy. Later, in the government of Abhisit Vejjajiva in mid-2009, there was news that
Suthep Thaugsuban Suthep Thaugsuban ( th, สุเทพ เทือกสุบรรณ; , ) (born 7 July 1949) is a Thai former politician and former Member of Parliament for Surat Thani province. Until 2011, he was secretary-general of the Democrat Party a ...
Deputy Prime Minister overseeing internal security was trying to pledge to be an Advisor Level 10 of Royal Thai Police in the rank of Police General, which was a newly opened position. But the Police Commission did not provide approval. Later, in October of the same year, he was graciously accepted as a police general and set as Deputy Commissioner of Royal Thai Police; and later was appointed to serve as a replacement for Commissioner of Police Region 2 to take care of the eastern region. Then, moving from that position, to become Commissioner of Police Region 1 to supervising the central region in October 2010 which was at the end of the same year. He also received the nickname from the media of the "Aswin Pid Job" ( th, อัศวินปิดจ๊อบ, "
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(his name "Aswin") closed the job")
because of the fierce performance and "Phai Khiao buster" and also received votes from the ABAC poll that he was a police officer who is a "police buster" which people felt was the most liked and would solve crime.


Governor

After retiring from the police force, he was appointed as Deputy Governor of Bangkok by Governor
Sukhumbhand Paribatra Mom Rajawongse Sukhumbhand Paribatra ( th, ม.ร.ว.สุขุมพันธุ์ บริพัตร; , ; born 22 September 1953) is a Thai politician belonging to the Democrat Party. From 2009 to 2016 he was the Governor of Bangkok. ...
to oversee disaster prevention and mitigation work, as well as municipal affairs. He served in this position until being appointed by the National Council for Peace and Order to serve as Governor of Bangkok. He is the first Thai police officer in history to hold this position. On 24 March 2022, Asawin Kwanmuang, Governor of Bangkok, announced his resignation after 5 years of working as Governor of Bangkok and was ready to run for
2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election The eleventh election for the governorship of Bangkok was held on 22 May 2022. It took place 9 years after the latest election in 2013, long delayed due to the 2014 coup d'état. Chadchart Sittipunt, an independent candidate who was a member o ...
as an independent candidate. After the election is over, Aswin lost the election to
Chadchart Sittipunt Chadchart Sittipunt (, , ; born 24 May 1966) is a Thai politician, engineer, and professor who is the incumbent Governor of Bangkok. He previously was Minister of Transport from 2012 to 2014. Early life and education Chadchart is the third so ...
., but he received up to 214,805 votes (8.10%) for the fifth place.


Royal decorations

* Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant. * Knight Grand Cordon (Special Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand . * Companion in the Order of the Direkgunabhorn. * Bitaksa Seri Chon - Freemen Safeguarding Medal (Second Class, Second Category) * Chakra Mala Medal. The Royal Thai Government Gazett
แจ้งความสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเหรียญจักรมาลาและเหรียญจักรพรรดิมาลา
เล่ม 103 ตอนที่ 58 ง ฉบับพิเศษ หน้า 143, 14 เมษายน 2529


References

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