Chaeng Watthana Government Complex ( th, ศูนย์ราชการแจ้งวัฒนะ), or formally, the Government Complex Commemorating His Majesty the King's 80th Birthday Anniversary, 5 December, BE 2550 (2007) ( th, ศูนย์ราชการเฉลิมพระเกียรติ 80 พรรษา 5 ธันวาคม 2550), is a complex of
Thai Government
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buildings on
Chaeng Watthana Road
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, Thung Song Hong Subdistrict,
Lak Si District,
Bangkok
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.
The complex was built in commemoration of King
Bhumibol Adulyadej
Bhumibol Adulyadej ( th, ภูมิพลอดุลยเดช; ; ; (Sanskrit: ''bhūmi·bala atulya·teja'' - "might of the land, unparalleled brilliance"); 5 December 192713 October 2016), conferred with the title King Bhumibol the Great ...
's 80th birthday. The complex construction project started in 2005 under
Thaksin Shinawatra
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's regime and was completed in 2008.
Its opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2010 by
Crown Prince Vajiralongkorn and Prince
Dipangkorn Rasmijoti
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. The project cost 20,000 million
baht
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.
The 349-
rai
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(929,800 m
2)
land on which the complex sits belongs to the Treasury Department,
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. The complex is administered by
Dhanarak Asset Development (ธนารักษ์พัฒนาสินทรัพย์) or DAD, a
state enterprise attached to the Treasury Department.
Structure
The complex is divided into three zones: Zone A (100 rai) and Zone B (197 rai) are for government buildings, and Zone C (152 rai) supports the growth of the complex itself.
The governmental buildings in the complex are divided into two groups:
Ratchaburidirekrit Building
Building A (อาคารเอ), or formally, the Ratchaburidirekrit Building (อาคารราชบุรีดิเรกฤทธิ์; named for
Prince Raphi Phatthanasak, Prince of Ratchaburi (1874–1920), whom some consider to be the "father of Thai law"), is in Zone A and includes the justice-related agencies:
* Administrative Courts
** Central Administrative Court
** Office of Administrative Courts
** Supreme Administrative Court
*
Constitutional Court
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* Courts of Justice
** Central Bankruptcy Court
** Central Intellectual Property and International Trade Court
** Supreme Court of Justice
** Don Mueang Kwaeng Court
* Office of the Attorney General
Ratthaprasatphakdi Building
Building B (อาคารบี), or formally, the Ratthaprasatphakdi Building (อาคารรัฐประศาสนภักดี), is in Zone B and is includes administrative agencies:
* Independent agencies
** Office of
Election Commission of Thailand
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** Office of
National Human Rights Commission
** Office of Ombudsmen
*
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** Bangkok Regional Revenue Office 9
** Treasury Department
*
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** Thailand International Cooperation Agency (TICA)
** Devawongse Varopakarn Institute of Foreign Affairs (DVIFA)
*
Ministry of Digital Economy and Society
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**
National Statistical Office of Thailand
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** Permanent Secretariat for Information and Communication Technology
** Digital Economy Promotion Agency (Public Organisation)
*
Ministry of Interior
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** Department of Community Development
** Department of Land
* Ministry of Justice
** Central Institute of Forensic Science
**
Department of Special Investigation
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** Office of Justice Affairs
*
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
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** Biodiversity-Based Economy Development Office (Public Organisation)
** Department of Marine and Coastal Resources
** Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organisation (Public Organisation)
*
Ministry of Public Health
** Office of National Health Security
*
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**
Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organisation)
*
Office of the Prime Minister
** Office of Consumer Protection Commission
** Office of National Economic and Social Advisory Council
** Office of the National Security Council
* Parliamentary agency
** King Prajadhipok's Institute
*
Royal Thai Police
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** Immigration Bureau
** Office of Forensic Science Police
Other Buildings
Other buildings include the "Chaeng Watthana Centara Government Complex Hotel and Convention Centre", a hotel with a convention centre called "Wayuphak Hall".
References
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External links
Official website
Government buildings in Bangkok
Government of Thailand