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English: Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta presents Thai Minister of Defense, Sukampol Suwannathat, with a statue after a meeting in Bangkok, Thailand..
Sukampol Suwannathat
Thai air force officer and politician
Air Chief Marshal Sukampol Suwannathat (Thai: สุกำพล สุวรรณทัต, RTGS: Sukamphon Suwannathat; born 17 August 1951) is a Thai air force officer and politician.
Sukampol Suwannathat, who served as Minister of Defense from until.
He has served in the cabinet of Yingluck Shinawatra, as Minister of Transport from August 2011 to January 2012, and subsequently as Minister of Defence until June 2013.[1]
Personal life
Sukampol was born on 17 August 1951 as the son of Squadron Leader Suwat Suwantatat and Ratree Suwannatat.
Education
Sukampol graduated from Chulalongkorn University Demonstration Secondary School (Class 4), Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (Class 10), Royal Thai Air Force Academy (Class 17), Air Command and Staff Command (Class 29), National Defense College (Class 46).
Air force careers
Sukampol is the person of Thaksin Shinawatra while serving as Prime Minister posing to be the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Thai Air Force because of bein