Sita Tiwaree
{{Short description|Thai politician}}
{{Expand Thai|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific_prefix = Squadron Leader
| name = Sita Divari
| native_name = ศิธา ทิวารี
| native_name_lang = th
| rank = Squadron Leader
| branch = {{Air force|Thailand}}
| image = Sita Tiwaree June 2022.png
| caption = Sita Tiwaree in June 2022
| office1 = Government spokesperson
| primeminister1 = Thaksin Shinawatra
| term_start1 = 8 August 2002
| term_end1 = 9 December 2003
| predecessor1 = Yongyuth Tiyapairat
| successor1 = Jakrapob Penkair
| nationality = Thai
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|11|06|df=y}}
| birth_place = Bangkok, Thailand
| death_place =
| party = Thai Sang Thai (2021–2023)
| otherparty = {{ubl|Thai Rak Thai (1998–2007)|Pheu Thai (2008–2020)}}
| spouse = Artika Torkaew
| children =
| alma_mater = {{ubil|Royal Thai Air Force Academy}}
| signature =
| order2 = Secretary-general of Thai Sang Thai Party
| termstart2 = 9 September 2022
| termend2 = 31 March 2023
| predecessor2 = Wallop Chai-thaisong
| successor2 = Takorn Tantasith
}}
Sita Divari ({{langx|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.
Early life and education
Sita Divari was born on 6 November 1964 to Manop Divari and Mom Rajawongse Jaruwan Vorawan, the great-granddaughter of Prince Narathip Praphanphong. He completed primary and secondary education at Saint Dominic School, Upper Secondary from Triam Udom Suksa School 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.[https://www.khaosod.co.th/politics/analysis-today-politics/news_7059095 วิเคราะห์การเมือง - เลือกตั้ง ผู้ว่าฯ บทบาท ศิธา ทิวารี “ไทยสร้างไทย”][https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/politics/995103 เปิดประวัติ "ศิธา ทิวารี" จากนักบิน F-16 ไต่เพดานบินชิงเก้าอี้ "ผู้ว่าฯกทม."]
Air career
After graduating, he served in the Royal Thai Air Force and became an Northrop F-5 fighter pilot and climbed to the ranks of an F-16 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.[https://mgronline.com/politics/detail/9650000044536 หมายเลข 11 น.ต.ศิธา ทิวารี พรรคไทยสร้างไทย]
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 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 Thaksin Shinawatra.
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 and served as the coordinator of the Pheu Thai Party Election Strategy Committee later resigned from the Pheu Thai Party and joined the Thai Sang Thai Party.
He was the Thai Sang Thai Party candidate in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election,{{Cite web |last=Anonym |title=Having dinner with the governor "Sita Divari" with a slogan, think differently for the people of Bangkok. {{!}} txtreport.com |url=https://www.txtreport.com/news/2022-05-06-having-dinner-with-the-governor-%22sita-tiwari%22-with-a-slogan--think-differently-for-the-people-of-bangkok-.SklU8Jof8c.html |access-date=2022-05-16 |website=www.txtreport.com |language=en}} but lost to Chadchart Sittipunt.{{Cite web|last=|date=2022-10-20|title=เช็คผลเลือกตั้งผู้ว่าฯกทม. 22 พ.ค. "ชัชชาติ" ที่ 1 ตรวจคะแนนทุกเบอร์ ที่นี่! |url=https://www.bangkokbiznews.com/politics/1005835|website=กรุงเทพธุรกิจ|language=th}}
Royal decorations
- 2003 – 70px Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the White Elephant.The Royal Thai Government Gazette, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150920151443/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/2546/B/019V001/1.PDF ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราช อิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย], เล่ม ๑๒๐ ตอนที่ 19 ข หน้า 32, 1 ธันวาคม 2546
- 2002 – 70px Knight Grand Cross (First Class) Order of the Crown of Thailand.The Royal Thai Government Gazette, [https://web.archive.org/web/20150927072101/http://www.ratchakitcha.soc.go.th/DATA/PDF/00117203.PDF ประกาศสำนักนายกรัฐมนตรี เรื่อง พระราชทานเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันเป็นที่เชิดชูยิ่งช้างเผือกและเครื่องราชอิสริยาภรณ์อันมีเกียรติยศยิ่งมงกุฎไทย], เล่ม 119 ตอนที่ 21 ข หน้า 67, 4 ธันวาคม 2545
References
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{{s-bef|before=Yongyuth Tiyapairat}}
{{s-ttl|title=Government spokesman|years=2002–2003}}
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{{s-bef|before=Thawin Phraison
Thian Manohorathat
Rattana Anannakin}}
{{s-ttl|title=Members of the House of Representatives for Bangkok, 9th District|years=2001–2006}}
{{s-vac|next=Nanthaphon Wirakunsunthon
Surat Chanphithak
Wilat Chanphithak}}
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