Bhichai Rattakul

Bhichai Rattakul (, ; 16 September 1924 – 28 February 2022) was a Thai politician. He served as the Thai deputy prime minister between 1983 and 1990 and again from 1997 to 2000. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives and President of the National Assembly in 2000. He served as the leader of the Democrat Party from 1982 to 1991. He was also world president of Rotary International between 2002 and 2003.

Rattakul was born in Bangkok to a Thai Chinese family. His wife, Khunying Charoye Rattakul, died in 2014. Rattakul died at a hospital in Bangkok on 28 February 2022 from lung cancer, aged 97.

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