Bhichai Rattakul was a Thai politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister from 1983 to 1990 and 1997 to 2000, Speaker of the House of Representatives, and President of the National Assembly. He was also leader of the Democrat Party between 1982 and 1990, and the World President of Rotary International from 2002 to 2004.
Bhichai in 2010
Democrat Party (Thailand)
The Democrat Party is a Thai political party. The oldest party in Thailand, it was founded as a royalist party; it now upholds a conservative and pro-market position.
Khuang Aphaiwong one of the founders of the Democrat Party
Election results in the south, 1975–2005
Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai hosts a dinner welcoming Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen
Abhisit Vejjajiva and Suthep Thaugsuban in Party Executive Committee Meeting in 2011