| Post: | Governor |
| Body: | Bangkok ผู้ว่าราชการ กรุงเทพมหานคร |
| Insignia: | Seal Bangkok Metropolitan Admin (green).svg |
| Insigniasize: | 150px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration |
| Department: | Bangkok Metropolitan Administration |
| Reports To: | Minister of Interior |
| Termlength: | Four years, renewable once consecutively |
| Incumbent: | Chadchart Sittipunt |
| Incumbentsince: | 22 May 2022 |
| Appointer: | Direct election |
| Residence: | Bangkok City Hall |
| Salary: | ฿113,560 per month |
| Formation: | 1 January 1973 |
| Inaugural: | Chamnan Yaovabun |
| Deputy: | Deputy Governor of Bangkok |
| Website: | http://www.bangkok.go.th/ |
The governor of Bangkok (th|ผู้ว่าราชการกรุงเทพมหานคร,) is the head of the local government of Bangkok. The governor is also the chief executive of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA). The governor is elected to a renewable term of four years, currently it is one of the two directly elected executive offices in the kingdom. The office is comparable to that of a city mayor.
From 2016 to 2022 Pol Gen Aswin Kwanmuang acted as Governor of Bangkok.[1] He was appointed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha using Section 44 of the interim charter to replace Sukhumbhand Paribatra. The reason given for his ouster was "...because he was involved in many legal cases."[2]
The current incumbent is Chadchart Sittipunt. He was elected in a landslide victory in the 2022 Bangkok gubernatorial election, receiving 52.65 % (1.38 Million) of all votes cast, marking a new record-high, and winning in all 50 districts of Bangkok.[3] [4]
The powers and role of the office of Governor of Bangkok in accordance with the (th|พระราชบัญญัติระเบียบบริหารราชการกรุงเทพมหานคร พ.ศ. 2528 are as follows:
Since 1973, the city was administered by a single executive appointed by the cabinet from city civil servants. However soon, it was determined that the executive office should a popularly elected office instead. The passage of the (th|พระราชบัญญัติระเบียบบริหารราชการกรุงเทพมหานคร พ.ศ. 2518), created the Bangkok Metropolis to replace Bangkok Province and created an elected governor with a four-year term.
The first election for the office was held on the 10 August 1975. Thammanoon Thien-ngern was elected as the first Governor of Bangkok. Conflicts between the governor and the Bangkok Metropolitan Council, however, became so fierce that Thanin Kraivichien, the Prime Minister of Thailand removed him and reinstated the appointment system. Elections resumed with the passing of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration Act, BE 2528 (1985). Elections were held on 14 November 1985.
| No. | Portrait | Name | Term of office | Party | Election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chamnan Yaovabun ชำนาญ ยุวบูรณ์ | 1973 | 1973 | Independent | — | ||
| 2 | At Visutyothaphiban อรรถ วิสูตรโยธาภิบาล | 1973 | 1974 | Independent | — | ||
| 3 | Siri Santabutra ศิริ สันติบุตร | 1974 | 1975 | Independent | — | ||
| 4 | Sai Hutacharoen สาย หุตะเจริญ | 1975 | 1975 | Independent | — | ||
| 5 | Thammanoon Thien-ngern ธรรมนูญ เทียนเงิน | 1975 | 1977 | 1975 | |||
| 6 | Chalor Thammasiri ชลอ ธรรมศิริ | 1977 | 1979 | Independent | — | ||
| 7 | Chaowat Sudlapa เชาวน์วัศ สุดลาภา | 1979 | 1981 | Independent | — | ||
| 8 | Thiem Mokaranont เทียม มกรานนท์ | 1981 | 1984 | Independent | — | ||
| 9 | Asa Meksavan อาษา เมฆสวรรค์ | 1984 | 1985 | Independent | — | ||
| 10 | Chamlong Srimuang จำลอง ศรีเมือง | 1985 | 1989 | Independent | 1985 | ||
| Palang Dharma | |||||||
1990 | 1992 | 1990 | |||||
| 11 | Krisda Arunvongse na Ayudhya กฤษฎา อรุณวงษ์ ณ อยุธยา | 1992 | 1996 | Palang Dharma | 1992 | ||
| 12 | Bhichit Rattakul พิจิตต รัตตกุล | 1996 | 2000 | Independent | 1996 | ||
| 13 | Samak Sundaravej สมัคร สุนทรเวช | 2000 | 2004 | Thai Citizen | 2000 | ||
| Independent | |||||||
| 14 | Apirak Kosayodhin อภิรักษ์ โกษะโยธิน | 2004 | 2008 | Democrat | 2004 | ||
2008 | 2008 | 2008 | |||||
| 15 | Sukhumbhand Paribatra[5] หม่อมราชวงศ์สุขุมพันธุ์ บริพัตร | 2009 | 2013 | ||||
2013 | 2016 | 2013 | |||||
| 16 | Aswin Kwanmuang อัศวิน ขวัญเมือง | 2016 | 2022 | Independent | — | ||
| 17 | Chadchart Sittipunt ชัชชาติ สิทธิพันธุ์ | 2022 | Incumbent | Independent | 2022 | ||