Kowit Wattana
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Police General Kowit Wattana พลต.อ.โกวิท วัฒนะ TChW |
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| Deputy Prime Minister of Thailand | |
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In office 9 August 2011 – 18 January 2012 |
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| Prime Minister | Yingluck Shinawatra |
| Succeeded by | Yuthasak Sasiprapha |
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In office 2 August 2008 – 9 September 2008 |
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| Prime Minister | Samak Sundaravej |
| Minister of Interior | |
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In office 2 August 2008 – 2 December 2008 |
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| Prime Minister |
Samak Sundaravej Somchai Wongsawat |
| Preceded by | Chalerm Yubamrung |
| Succeeded by | Chaovarat Chanweerakul |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
11 March 1947 Phak Hai, Ayutthaya, Thailand |
| Political party | Pheu Thai Party |
| Alma mater | Royal Police Cadet Academy |
| Profession | Police officer |
| Religion | Buddhism |
Kowit Wattana (Thai: โกวิท วัฒนะ; born 11 March 1947 in Phak Hai) is a Thai Police General and politician. From 2004 to 2007 he was the Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police. In 2008, he was Minister of the Interior, and from 2011 to 2012 Deputy Prime Minister under Yingluck Shinawatra. Kowit is an executive member of the ruling Pheu Thai Party.
Kowit Wattana's father was a teacher and prefect of the Phak Hai District. Kowit graduated from the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School (class 6) and the Royal Police Cadet Academy (class 22). He started his career in public service as an officer of the Border Patrol Police. He served in this paramilitary unit for 27 years.
From 1970 to 1975 he was on the Border Patrol Police special company fighting the communist insurgency in Thailand. Later he commanded the troops responsible for a 120 kilometres (75 mi) section of the Thai-Burmese border. Later he was leader of the Border Patrol Police in the whole Northern sector. In this position his main challenges were fighting drug-related crime, shutting down several heroin factories in Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao and Mae Hong Son, and counter-insurgency. In 1994, he was promoted to commander of the Border Patrol Police for the whole country.
In 2004, he was named Commissioner-General of the Royal Thai Police.
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