Sita Divari ( th, ศิธา ทิวารี), is a former Thai Air Force officer and politician. He is a former spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office in the government of Prime Minister

Thaksin Shinawatra Thaksin Shinawatra ( th, ทักษิณ ชินวัตร; ; ; Chinese: 丘達新; cnr, Taksin Šinavatra; born 26 July 1949), is a Thai businessman, politician and visiting professor. He served in the Thai Police from 1973 to 1987, a ...

Early life and education

Sita Divari was born on 6 November 1964, He was the son of Manop Divari and Mom Rajawongse Jaruwan Vorawan who was the granddaughter of Prince Dulpakorn Worawan, son of Prince

Narathip Praphanphong Prince Worawannakon, the Prince Narathip Praphanphong (20 November 1861 – 11 October 1931) was a Prince of Siam (later Thailand). He was a member of Siamese royal family is a son of King Mongkut and Chao Chom Manda Khian. His mother was Chao ...

. He completed primary and secondary education at Saint Dominic School, Upper Secondary from

Triam Udom Suksa School Triam Udom Suksa School ( th, โรงเรียนเตรียมอุดมศึกษา, ; lit.'university-preparatory school') is a state school in central Bangkok, Thailand. It admits upper-secondary students (''mathayom'' 4–6, eq ...

and then Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School, Class 24 as the president of the class and a bachelor's degree in science from the

Royal Thai Air Force Academy The Navaminda Kasatriyadhiraj Royal Air Force Academy () (NKRAFA) is a military academy for officer cadets of the Royal Thai Air Force. History In 1950, the Royal Air Force (RTAF) started recruiting officers who completed their training from ...

Air career

After graduating, he served in the Air Force and became an

Northrop F-5 The Northrop F-5 is a family of supersonic light fighter aircraft initially designed as a privately funded project in the late 1950s by Northrop Corporation. There are two main models, the original F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter variants and t ...

fighter pilot and climbed to the ranks of an

F-16 The General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon is a single-engine Multirole combat aircraft, multirole fighter aircraft originally developed by General Dynamics for the United States Air Force (USAF). Designed as an air superiority day fighter, it ...

fighter pilot for about 8 years. until receiving the last position before resigning from government service is the deputy head of the joint planning department, Policy and Planning Division, Department of Operations, Royal Thai Air Force. He was head of the Airports of Thailand board of directors (2013–2014).

Political career

Then resigned from government service to apply for elections as members of the House of Representatives. under the

Thai Rak Thai Party The Thai Rak Thai Party (TRT; th, พรรคไทยรักไทย, , ; "Thais Love Thais Party") was a Thai political party founded in 1998. From 2001 to 2006, it was the ruling party under its founder, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawat ...

and was appointed as a spokesperson for the Prime Minister's Office and also Deputy Secretary-General to the Prime Minister for Political Affairs under the government of Prime Minister

. Subsequently, in 2007, he was disqualified from politics for 5 years because he was a member of the executive committee of the Thai Rak Thai Party, which was dissolved in the 2006 political party dissolution case. Later he joined the

Pheu Thai Party The Pheu Thai Party (PTP; th, พรรคเพื่อไทย, lit=For Thais Party, , ) is the third incarnation of a Thai political party founded by former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The Pheu Thai Party was founded on 20 Septemb ...

and served as the coordinator of the Pheu Thai Party Election Strategy Committee later resigned from the Pheu Thai Party and joined the

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. He is the

candidate 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

Royal decorations

*2003 -

Order of the White Elephant - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon

Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the White Elephant. *2002 -

Order of the Crown of Thailand - 1st Class (Thailand) ribbon

Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the Crown of Thailand.The Royal Thai Government Gazette
ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย
เล่ม 119 ตอนที่ 21 ข หน้า 67, 4 ธันวาคม 2545

References

Living people 1964 births Sita Tiwaree Sita Tiwaree Sita Tiwaree {{Thailand-politician-stub