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Biography
Lt.Col Thita Manitkul (born Thitiya Rangsitpol on 8 November 1966) is a Thai politician and congresswoman who represented Thailand from 2001 to 2005.
As the first spokesperson of the Thai Ministry of Defense, Manitkul led the successful effort to enact the Conscription Payment Act of 1995 (The salary would equal the Thai minimum wage) which resulted in more men willingly enlisting and fewer men avoiding the draft.
Manitkul was elected in 2001 as the Woman Army Officer in the Thai Parliament, the first female Army officer to have achieved elected office in Thailand.
As a Deputy Secretary of the Ministry of Defense in 2002, she took a role in establishing the Drug Treatment School in The Armed Forces in 2001.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Bangkok, her father is Sukavich Rangsitpol a former Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister. In 1985 she spent a year at the University of Colorado Boulder's Economic Institute.
- 1966 8 November Born
- 1968 Baan Dek Kindergarten
- 1970 Wattana Wittaya Academy notable alumni
- 1981 Patumwan Demonstration School Srinakharinwirot University notable alumni
- 1982 Chulalongkorn University (EBA) notable alumni
- 1985 University of Colorado at Boulder notable alumni
- 1987 University of Dallas (MBA) notable alumni
Military career
- 1989 1st Lt. Foreign Affairs Division, Joints Intelligence, Royal Thai Armed Force
- 1990 2nd Lt. She was chosen to escort Madam Lee kuan yew
- 1991 Capt. Military Attache Division, Joints Intelligence, Royal Thai Armed Force
- 1993 Major Thai Military Attache Division, Joints Intelligence, Royal Thai Armed Force
- 1995 - 1996 1st. Spokesperson Ministry of Defense The Priminister Banhan Silapa-Archa and The Priminister Gen.Chavalit Yongchaiyudh
Political career
- 1996 Duputy Spokesperson New Aspiration Party
- 1998 Deputy Secretary New Aspiration Party
- 2001 Congresswomen New Aspiration Party Replace Krasae Chanawongse Thai general election 2001-Wikipedia Deputy Secretary of Ministry of Defense
- 2002 Children Women and Youth Committee House of Representatives of Thailand
- Defense Committee
- 2003 Congresswomen Democrats Party
- 2003 Defense Committee House Of Representatives of Thailand
- Deputy Chairperson Committee of Internal Affair House of Representatives of Thailand
- 2005 Deputy Secretary Democrats Party
Royal decorations
Lt.Col.Thita Manitkul has received the following decorations in the Honours System of Thailand
Knight Grand Cross(First Class) Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the White Elephant (2004).
Order of the Crown of Thailand
Knight Grand Cross(First Class) Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the White Elephant (2004).
Order of the Crown of Thailand