Chuwit Kamolvisit
| Chuwit Kamolvisit ชูวิทย์ กมลวิศิษฎ์ |
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Chuwit (right) inspected the ruins of CentralWorld on 20 May 2010 after the massive fire caused by the Red Shirts anti-government protesters.
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| Leader of Rak Thailand Party | |
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Assumed office 18 February 2010 |
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29 August 1960 Yaowarat, Bangkok, Thailand |
| Political party | Rak Thailand Party |
| Spouse(s) | Kate W. Johnson (div.) Ngamta Kamolvisit |
| Children | Tontrakun Kamolvisit Termtragoon Kamolvisit Trakarnta Kamolvisit Tortragoon Kamolvisit |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Chuwit Kamolvisit (Thai: ชูวิทย์ กมลวิศิษฎ์; rtgs: Chuwit Kamonwisit; 29 August 1961 – ) is a controversial Thai politician who was once the country's biggest massage parlour owner. After an arrest in 2003, he publicly claimed that he paid large bribes to many Thai police officers. He then sold some of his massage parlors, formed his own political party and unsuccessfully ran for Bangkok governor in August 2004. In 2005 he was elected for a four-year term to the Thai House of Representatives, but in 2006 the Constitutional Court removed him from parliament. In October 2008 he again ran for governor of Bangkok as an independent but was not elected. In the July 2011 general election his party won four seats in the House of Representatives. He used the pseudonym Davis Kamol on occasion.
Chuwit is the son of a Hong Kong-born, Chinese father and a Thai mother. He graduated from the Faculty of Commerce and Accountancy at Thammasat University, and then earned a Master of Business Administration degree in San Diego, California, United States. Later, he also earned a Master of Political Science (Politics and Governments).
Chuwit controls the Davis Group, a business that consists of six Bangkok massage parlours, located near Ratchadaphisek Road, which employ around 600 women each: Copacabana, Victoria's Secret, Honolulu, Hi Class, Emmanuelle and Julianna. The massage parlours cater mainly to wealthy Thais and operate within a "grey area" of the law: massage parlors are legal, but prostitution is not. Prices are from 3,000 to 6,000 baht for a two-hour session. The Davis Group's holdings also include the Davis Bangkok Hotel, Thai villas and a shopping mall on Sukhumvit Road Soi 24., which is one of the most expensive areas in Bangkok.
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