Air Chief Marshal Sukampol Suwannathat (Thai: สุกำพล สุวรรณทัต, RTGS: Sukamphon Suwannathat; born 17 August 1951) is a Thai air force officer and politician.
[1] Sukampol was born on 17 August 1951 as the son of Squadron Leader Suwat Suwantatat and Ratree Suwannatat.
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 being a fellow student of the Armed Forces Academies Preparatory School together but after the coup of 19 September 2006, the command line was changed in the new line causing the military officers from class 10 fall out of position, many of whom had to retire from the post of a military commander in the area.
[2] Sukumapol Suwannatat took the position of Minister of Transport in the government of Yingluck Shinawatra since 9 August 2011 until 18 January 2012, he was appointed as Minister of Defense and process the removal of the rank of former Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva when he was a teacher at Chulachomklao Royal Military Academy so he led the case to the submission of the examination to consider qualifications of Abhisit.
[3] In 2016, National Legislative Assembly approved to remove Sukampol Suwannathat from his post after the National Anti-Corruption Commission found guilty of interfering with the appointment of the permanent-secretary of defense and banned from politics for 5 years.