Sakoltee Phattiyakul

Sakoltee Phattiyakul MWM PCh SMT
สกลธี ภัททิยกุล
Sakoltee in 2018
Deputy Governor of Bangkok
In office April 10, 2018[1] – March 7, 2022
Personal details
Born	(1977-10-14) 14 October 1977 (age 47) Bangkok, Thailand
Political party	Palang Pracharath
Other political affiliations	Democrat (until 2019)
Spouse	Nantnatda Phattiyakul
Children	2 (1 son, 1 daughter)
Parents	Winai Phattiyakul (father) Sasinee Phattiyakul (mother)

Sakoltee Phattiyakul (Thai: สกลธี ภัททิยกุล; born October 14, 1977) is a Thai politician and activist. He was one of leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) during the 2013–2014 mass protests. He used to be a deputy Bangkok governor between 2018 and 2022.

Family and education

Sakoltee, who goes by the nickname "Jum" (จ้ำ), was born in military family, his father, Gen Winai Phattiyakul, was a secretary-general of the Council for National Security (CNS) and classmate with Gen Prawit Wongsuwan and Gen Sonthi Boonyaratglin. His mother, Sasinee (née Chaloryu), is a niece of ADm Sangad Chaloryu, head of the National Administrative Reform Council (NARC), a military junta that ruled Thailand from late 1970s to early 1980s.^[2]

Graduated secondary level from Saint Gabriel's College and Triam Udom Suksa School. He received a bachelor's degree from the Faculty of Law, Thammasat University and master's degree in law from Indiana University with George Washington University, USA.^[3]

Political careers

He entered politics for the first time as a candidate for constituency 4, Bangkok (Bang Sue, Chatuchak, Phaya Thai, Lak Si) under the Democrat Party in the general elections at the end of 2007, along with Boonyod Sookthinthai and Atavit Suwannapakdee, without his father being involved in any way. All three were elected.

In the 2011 general elections, he ran as a constituency 11 candidate for the Lak Si and Don Mueang (only Sanam Bin sub-district) districts of Bangkok, but lost to Surachart Thienthong of the Pheu Thai Party, the third son of Sanoh Thienthong, a veteran and influential politician.

Sakoltee joined the 2013–2014 anti-government protests and became one of the frontline leaders of the People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC), alongside Buddhipongse Punnakanta, Nataphol Teepsuwan and Chumpol Julsai, owing they are fellow former Democrat MPs and young men of the same age. Therefore, they received the nickname "The Four Musketeers".^[4]

In 2018, after a coup by the National Council for Peace and Order (NCPO), he became a member of the Phalang Pracharat Party. Soon after, he was appointed as the deputy governor of Bangkok by order of Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang, the Bangkok governor.^[1][3]

Bangkok gubernatorial election

By March 2022, former Palang Pracharath member, Sakoltee, resigned as a deputy governor of Bangkok to become an independent candidate for the Bangkok gubernatorial election on May 22, 2022.^[3] He launched his virtual campaign "Bangkok can be better". Just a few days before the election, he was supported by 17 candidates for the member of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Council (BMC), most of these people are members of the Phalang Pracharat Party.^[5]

Although not elected, but he received up to 230,455 votes (8.62%) for the fourth place. It was also analyzed that he received more votes than expected.^[6]

2023 general election

By January 2023, he returned to the Palang Pracharath Party again, and served as the leader of the candidate team of MPs for Bangkok in the general election in the same year.^[7]

Royal decorations

• 2010 - Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the White Elephant.^[8]
• 2009 - Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the Crown of Thailand.^[9]
• 2010 - Silver Medalist (Seventh Class) Order of the Direkgunabhorn.^[10]

See also

• People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC)
• 2013–2014 Thai political crisis
• 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election

References

1. "แต่งตั้งแล้ว! "สกลธี ภัททิยกุล" เป็น "รองผู้ว่าฯ กทม."". Khao Sod (in Thai). 2018-04-11. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
2. Nanuam, Wassana (2008). ลับลวงพราง ปฏิวัติปราสาททราย (in Thai). Matichon. pp. 242–244. ISBN 978-974-02-0087-1.
3. "เปิดประวัติ สกลธี ภัททิยกุล อดีตรองผู้ว่าฯ สู่สนามเลือกตั้งผู้ว่าฯกทม.2565". Thansettakij (in Thai). 2022-03-31. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
4. Somsab, Thakerng (2014). สู่ฝันฟ้าวันใหม่ (in Thai). BLUESKY Channel. pp. 198–199. ISBN 978-616-374-913-0.
5. "17 ผู้สมัคร ส.ก. ประกาศตัวหนุน "สกลธี"". Thai PBS (in Thai). 2022-05-18. Retrieved 2022-06-01.
6. MCOT HD (2022-05-23). "(คลิปเต็ม) เจาะผลเลือกตั้ง ผู้ว่าฯ กทม.-ส.ก". YouTube (in Thai). Retrieved 2022-06-01.
7. "'สกลธี'ตื่นเต้นคัมแบ็ค'พปชร.' รับสนามกทม.ไม่ง่าย ดึงทีมงานสมัยแข่งผู้ว่าฯกทม.สู้ศึก". Naewna (in Thai). 2023-01-24. Retrieved 2023-01-25.
8. The Royal Thai Government Gazette, ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย ประจำปี 2553, เล่ม 127 ตอนที่ 14 ข หน้า 61, 8 ธันวาคม 2553
9. The Royal Thai Government Gazette, ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย ประจำปี 2552, เล่ม 126 ตอนที่ 16 ข หน้า 79, 4 ธันวาคม 2552
10. The Royal Thai Government Gazette,ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่สรรเสริญยิ่งดิเรกคุณาภรณ์ ประจำปี 2553, เล่ม 128 ตอนที่ 3 ข หน้า 5, 16 กุมภาพันธ์ 2554

External links

• Sakoltee Phattiyakul on Facebook