What is Bhichai Rattakul?
[[File:Bhichai Rattakul 2010-04-01.jpg|thumb|200px|Rattakul in 2010]] '''Bhichai Rattakul''' ({{lang-th|พิชัย รัตตกุล}}, {{RTGS|''Phichai Rattakun''}}; 16 September 1924 &ndash; 28 February 2022) was a [[Thais|Thai]] politician. He served as the [[Prime Minister of Thailand|Thai deputy prime minister]] between 1983 and 1990 and again from 1997 to 2000. He was the [[House of Representatives (Thailand)|Speaker of the House of Representatives]] and [[President of the National Assembly of Thailand|President of the National Assembly]] in 2000. He served as the leader of the [[Democrat Party (Thailand)|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 people|Chinese]] family. His wife, Khunying Charoye Rattakul, died in 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rotarydistrict9685.org.au/stories/vale-charoye-rattakul|title=Vale Charoye Rattakul|publisher=Rotary District 9685|date=June 2014|access-date=24 January 2020}}</ref> Rattakul died at a hospital in Bangkok on 28 February 2022 from [[lung cancer]], aged 97.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Pafun |date=2022-02-28 |title=พิชัย รัตตกุล เสียชีวิตอย่างสงบที่โรงพยาบาลศิริราช |url=https://www.prachachat.net/politics/news-875536 |access-date=2022-02-28 |website=ประชาชาติธุรกิจ |language=th}}</ref> ==References== {{Commons category}} {{Reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rattakul, Bhichai}} [[Category:1924 births]] [[Category:2022 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from lung cancer]] [[Category:People from Bangkok]] [[Category:Presidents of the National Assembly of Thailand]] [[Category:Speakers of the House of Representatives (Thailand)]] {{Bio-stub}}